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Biomedical Aspects of Drug Targeting
. Ed(S): Muzykantov, Vladimir R.; Torchilin, Vladimir P.
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Paperback. Editor(s): Muzykantov, Vladimir R.; Torchilin, Vladimir P. Num Pages: 506 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJCL; MMP; MQW; PNNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 801.
Drugs usually have no natural affinity for the cells, tissues and organs where therapeutic effects are needed, which frequently results in low efficiency and unwanted side effects. This concern is even more profound when using highly potent and cytotoxic anticancer drugs or specific agents, such as enzymes and genetic materials, since their effective and safe action requires precise cellular or even sub-cellular addressing in the target organ. To meet safety, efficiency and specificity requirements, drugs somehow must be targeted to the sites of their expected therapeutic action. The idea of the "magic bullet," or drug targeting, proposed by Erlich a ... Read more
Drugs usually have no natural affinity for the cells, tissues and organs where therapeutic effects are needed, which frequently results in low efficiency and unwanted side effects. This concern is even more profound when using highly potent and cytotoxic anticancer drugs or specific agents, such as enzymes and genetic materials, since their effective and safe action requires precise cellular or even sub-cellular addressing in the target organ. To meet safety, efficiency and specificity requirements, drugs somehow must be targeted to the sites of their expected therapeutic action. The idea of the "magic bullet," or drug targeting, proposed by Erlich a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
506
Condition
New
Number of Pages
506
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781441953124
SKU
V9781441953124
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