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Hemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carriers as Red Cell Substitutes and Oxygen Therapeutics

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Overview

  • Focus on Hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers (HBOCs)
  • Up to date information on progress of existing products, new emerging products/technologies
  • In-depth treatise covering rationale, scientific and clinical basis, ideal characteristics of HBOCs, approaches to HBOC products, scale up and manufacturing, preclinical and clinical studies for safety and efficacy evaluations, current challenges and future directions
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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About this book

Currently, hemoglobin (Hb)-based oxygen carriers (HBOCs) are leading candidates as red blood cell substitutes. In addition, HBOCs are also potential oxygen therapeutics for treatment of patients with critical ischemic conditions due to atherosclerosis, diabetes and other conditions. This book will provide readers a comprehensive review of topics involved in the HBOC development. It focusses on current products and clinical applications as well as on emerging technologies and future prospects.

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Table of contents (39 chapters)

  1. Introduction and Scientific Principles

  2. Hemorrhagic Shock and Current Treatments

  3. Current Issues of HBOCs and Regulatory Framework

Editors and Affiliations

  • Brown University, Barrington, USA

    Hae Won Kim, A. Gerson Greenburg

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Hemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carriers as Red Cell Substitutes and Oxygen Therapeutics

  • Editors: Hae Won Kim, A. Gerson Greenburg

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40717-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-40716-1Published: 09 January 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-50807-7Published: 03 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-40717-8Published: 18 December 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 746

  • Number of Illustrations: 53 b/w illustrations, 77 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Biomaterials, Molecular Medicine, Medicinal Chemistry, Hematology

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