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MEDICINAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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| By: |
Jonathan L. Sessler (Editor), Susan R. Doctrow (Editor), Thomas J. Mcmurray (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£74.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0841238995 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780841238992 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC |
| Pub. date: |
1 July, 2005 |
| Series: |
ACS Symposium Series No. 903 |
| Pages: |
472 |
| Description: |
This book reviews the current diagnostic and therapeutic uses of metal-containing compounds in medicine, as well as the role of metals in disease. |
| Synopsis: |
This book, a compilation by experts in the field, is designed to provide an introduction to the area of medicinal inorganic chemistry and to summarize current, state-of-the-art developments in the field. Medicinal inorganic chemistry represents a key thrust area in medicine and biological inorganic chemistry. It is one of great current excitement and achievement. The field of metals in medicine represents an approximate $3 billion dollar a year industry, with successes in the area of Tc- and Gd-based imaging agents and Pt-based cancer therapeutics being major contributors to this bottom line. It has become increasingly apparent, however, that metal-based pharmaceuticals can play a prominent role in areas outside of imaging and oncology, including in those associated with the diagnosis and treatment of metabolism- and genetic disorders, cardiovascular disease, gene therapy, inflammation, reperfusion injury, stroke, diabetes, ALS, malaria, and neurological disease to name but a few.A objective of this book, therefore, is to highlight these opportunities for future advances and to foster further interactions between those working in the metal-based drug development, including imaging agents, and those engaged in the more classic pharmaceutical industries. |
| Illustrations: |
24 halftones, 143 line illus. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press Inc |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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