Progress in Drug Research is a prestigious book series which provides extensive expert-written reviews on a wide spectrum of highly topical areas in current pharmaceutical and pharmacological research. It serves as an important source of information for researchers concerned with drug research and all those who need to keep abreast of the many recent developments in the quest for new and better medicines.

Provides extensive expert-written reviews on highly topical areas in current pharmaceutical and pharmacological research Encompasses all fields concerned with the development of new therapeutic drugs and the elucidation of their mechanisms of action Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Dr. Qin FANG is a professor of Civil Engineering at PLA University of Science & Technology, China. His research interests include dynamic responses and reinforcement measures of engineering structures under severe loads, such as blast, impact, fire and earthquake. The academic achievements have been widely applied in Chinese codes for protective structures. He has published two academic books entitled "Underground protective structure" and "Analysis and design of protective structure" (both in Chinese), as well as over 300 journal and conference papers. He has been funded by many research projects, such as the Science Fund for Creative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the national science foundation for distinguished youth scholar, the National Basic Research Program of China and so on. Currently, he is a member of the executive board of International Association of Protective Structures, the vice chairman of the Protective Engineering Division of China Civil Engineering Society, as well as a member of the editorial board of International Journal of Protective Structures.

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Chemical and pharmacological investigations of Epimedium species: A survey.- Potential of p38MAP kinase inhibitors in the treatment of cancer.- Therapeutic role of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors in obesity, diabetes and inflammation.- Quasispecies and the development of new antiviral strategies.- Maximizing the value of genomics in the drug discovery and development process.- Quantitative structure-activity relationships of carbonic anhydrase inhibitors.- Crystallins, genes and cataract.- Current and potential therapies for the treatment of herpesvirus infections.- Index Vol. 60.- Index of titles, Vol. 160.- Index and paper index, Vol. 160.