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 use Designed for readers at any level of expertise Every chapter usefully includes: a keyword glossary a concise summary of the article comprehensive references to guide the reader deeper into the literature Derived 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 EvansPraise 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

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 Analytical Chemistry (Wiley), the Encyclopedia of Molecular Biology and Molecular Medicine (Wiley-VCH) and the Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology (Academic Press).

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