Pharmacology: From Drug Development to Gene Therapy

This 2 volume set is a carefully chosen collection of articles on pharmacology from the successful R.A. Meyer′s Encyclopedia of Molecular Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine. The book is divided into four sections covering general aspects of drug development as well as more focused sections on cancer and gene therapy.
This collection of high–quality articles on pharmacology includes essential reading on the hottest topics of the field and is an invaluable resource for all pharmacologists, medicinal chemists and cell biologists. No science or medical library should be without this book. It is also essential reading for everybody working in the pharmaceutical industry. 
Hallmark features:Uniform structure of the articles makes them very easy to useDesigned for readers at any level of expertise Every chapter usefully includes: a keyword glossarya concise summary of the articlecomprehensive references to guide the reader deeper into the literatureDerived from the Encyclopedia of Molecular Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, the most comprehensive and most detailed treatment of molecular biology, cell biology and molecular medicine available – designed in collaboration with a founding board of 12 Nobel laureates, including the 2007 Nobel Prize winner in medicine, Sir Martin Evans
Praise for the Encyclopedia of Molecular Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine:
"This series can be recommended without hesitation to a broad readership including students and qualified researchers... articles... set–up facilitates easy reading and rapid understanding... overwhelming amount of valuable data."
—Molecular Biology Reports
"... It goes without saying that no library can afford to be without this [Encyclopedia]. Everyone working in the areas of molecular biology, genome research, medical science, or clinical research needs to have access to these volumes..."
—Angewandte Chemie

Spis treści:
I DRUG DEVELOPMENT
Medicinal Chemistry
Biotransformations of Drugs and Chemicals
Disposition and Clearance Prediction of Drug Bioavailability
Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Biotech Drugs
Targeting and Intracellular Delivery of Drugs
Pharmacogenomics and Drug Design
Chemistry, Biology, and Drug Design of Synthetic Peptides:
Structure–based Drug Design and NMR–based Screening
Receptor Targets in Drug Discovery
Therapeutic Compounds in Nature as Leads for New Pharmaceuticals
Cancer Stem Cells
Plant–based Expression of Biopharmaceuticals
II INNOVATIVE THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES
Genetic Engineering of Antibody Molecules
Exploiting Model Organisms for Disease Intervention
Pharmacology and Emerging Clinical Application of RNA
Biochemistry of HIV Therapeutics
Xenotransplantation in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
RNA Interference
Genomic Approaches in Targeted Therapy
Therapeutic Angiogenesis
Oligonucleotides
III CANCER THERAPEUTICS
Molecular Oncology
Theoretical Foundations of Cancer Chemotherapy
Antitumor Steroids
Immunotoxins and Recombinant Immunotoxins in Cancer Therapy
IV GENE THERAPY
Liposome Gene Transfection
Genetic Vaccination
Vectors and Gene Therapy
Somatic Gene Therapy
Virus–free Gene Transfer Systems in Somatic Gene Therapy
Gene Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases
Vector System: Plasmid DNA
Vector Targeting in Gene Therapy

Nota biograficzna:
Robert A. Meyers obtained his Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of California at Los Angeles. He was a post–doctoral fellow at the California Institute of Technology and has more than 17 patents, 50 technical papers and 12 books to his name. As Editor–in–Chief he conceived and edited several ambitious multivolume reference works, e.g. the Encyclopedia of Anal ytical Chemistry (Wiley), the Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology and Molecular Medicine (Wiley–VCH) and the Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology (Academic Press).