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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819649103321

Titolo

Advanced drug delivery / / edited by Ashim K. Mitra, Chi H. Lee, Kun Cheng

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2013

ISBN

1-118-66283-0

1-118-66284-9

1-118-73424-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (532 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

ChengKun (Professor)

LeeChi H (Professor)

MitraAshim K. <1954->

Disciplina

615.1

Soggetti

Drug delivery systems

Pharmaceutical technology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Physiological barriers in advanced drug delivery -- Solubility and stability aspects in advanced drug delivery -- The role of transporters and efflux system in drug delivery -- Biomaterials in advanced drug delivery -- Strategies of targeted delivery -- Prodrug and bioconjugation -- Nanoscale drug delivery systems -- Stimuli-responsive strategies in advanced drug delivery -- Implants -- Aptamer -- Nanofiber -- Biomimetic self-assembling nanoparticles -- Protein/peptide drug delivery -- Delivery of nucleic acids -- Delivery of vaccine -- Regulatory considerations and clinical issues in advanced drug delivery -- Advanced drug delivery in cancer therapy -- Advanced drug delivery in cardiovascular diseases -- Recent advances in ocular drug delivery -- Advanced drug delivery against sexual transmitted diseases -- Advanced drug delivery to the brain -- Cell-based therapeutics -- Biomedical applications and tissue engineering of collagen -- Molecular imaging of drug delivery.