Clinical Biochemistry and Drug Development: From Fundamentals to Output

ISBN-13: 9781774638996 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 264 str.

Shashank Kumar

Opis

This book, Clinical Biochemistry and Drug Development: From Fundamentals to Output, focuses on clinical biochemistry fundamentals, cell culture techniques, and drug discovery and development concepts. It deals with three different fields of clinical research: cell culture, clinical biochemistry, and drug discovery and development.

Spis treści

1. An Introduction to Cell Culture  2. Animal Cell Culture  3. Bacterial Cell Culture  4. Potential Use of Cell Cultures  5. Principles of Clinical Biochemistry and Biochemical Analysis  6. Biochemical Aids to Clinical Diagnosis  7. Clinical Measurements and Quality Control  8. Cell Membrane Receptor  9. Mechanisms of Signal Transduction  10. Human Disease Drug Therapy and Drug Discovery  11. Drug Development: In Silico, In Vivo and System Biology Approach  12. Drug Development: Drug Delivery Carriers and Clinical Trial  13. Role of Micro RNA in Prostate Cancer Therapy  14. Pathogenesis, Molecular Mechanisms of Progression, and Therapeutic Targets of Liver Fibrosis: An Update  15. Prostate Cancer: Molecular Aspects, Biomarkers, and Chemo-Preventive Agents  16. Overview of Tuberculosis Biomarkers: An Update   

O autorze

Shashank Kumar, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbial Sciences at the Central University of Punjab, India. He previously worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Biochemistry at King George’s Medical University, India. Dr. Kumar has edited several books, including Concepts in Cell Signaling; Secondary Metabolites and Functional Food Components; Carbohydrate Metabolism Theory and Practical Approach; Phytochemistry: An in silico and in vitro Update; among others. Dr. Kumar has published more than 30 scientific papers, reviews, and editorial articles in various national and international journals. He has expertise in the areas of free radical biology, cancer biology, cell culture techniques, characterization of plant products, xenobiotic metabolism, and microbiology. He has presented his research findings at more than 25 national and international conferences and has attended many workshops at many major universities and medical colleges throughout India. Dr. Kumar is an editorial board member and reviewer for about 25 international journals. He is a lifetime member of the Italo-Latin American Society of Ethnomedicine and the Indian Sciences Congress Association and is also a member of Publication Integrity & Ethics, London, UK. Dr. Kumar received his BSc, MSc, and PhD degrees in biochemistry from the Department of Biochemistry, University of Allahabad, India.