Overview
- Designed as a reference text on the application of nanotechnology in the development of drug delivery systems.
Part of the book series: Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Aspects (PHARMASP, volume X)
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About this book
The reader will be introduced to various aspects of the fundamentals of nanotechnology based drug delivery systems and the application of these systems for the delivery of small molecules, proteins, peptides, oligonucleotides and genes. How these systems overcome challenges offered by biological barriers to drug absorption and drug targeting will also be described.
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Fundamentals of Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery
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Biopharmaceutical, Physiological, and Clinical Considerations for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery
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Nanotechnology for the Delivery of Small Molecules, Proteins and Nucleic Acids
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery
Editors: Melgardt M. Villiers, Pornanong Aramwit, Glen S. Kwon
Series Title: Biotechnology: Pharmaceutical Aspects
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77667-5
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-77667-5Published: 27 October 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-2663-0Published: 25 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-77668-2Published: 29 October 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 662
Number of Illustrations: 151 b/w illustrations, 29 illustrations in colour
Topics: Pharmacology/Toxicology, Immunology