The field of drug development and therapeutics can be overwhelmingly encyclopedic and vast. In this book, Dr. Kewal Jain and a team of experts select the most important, cutting-edge technologies used in drug delivery systems taking into account significant drugs, new technologies such as nanoparticles, and therapeutic applications. The chapters present step-by-step laboratory protocols following the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology™ series format, offering readily reproducible results vital for pharmaceutical physicians and scientists. Concise and systematic, this book is a powerful reference tool for the hundreds of companies developing drug delivery technologies all around the world.

Contains important drug discovery information Concise reference for pharmaceutical physicians and scientists

Inhalt
Drug Delivery Systems - An Overview.- The Role of the Adeno-Associated Virus Capsid in Gene Transfer.- Delivering Small Interfering RNA for Novel Therapeutics.- Catheters for Chronic Administration of Drugs into Brain Tissue.- Transdermal Drug Delivery Systems: Skin Perturbation Devices.- Controlling the Release of Proteins/Peptides via the Pulmonary Route.- Engineering Protein Particles for Pulmonary Drug Delivery.- 2B-Trans™ Technology: Targeted Drug Delivery Across the Blood-Brain Barrier.- Drug Delivery in Cancer Using Liposomes.- pH-Responsive Nanoparticles for Cancer Drug Delivery.- Extended-Release Oral Drug Delivery Technologies: Monolithic Matrix Systems.