The design of environment-sensitive systems with biomedical and pharmaceutical applications has improved significantly due to recent advances in smart polymer and hydrogel technology. Reflexive Polymers and Hydrogels: Understanding and Designing Fast-Responsive Polymeric Systems examines several natural systems that respond rapidly to environmental stimuli, providing the reader with an understanding of mechanisms that govern these responses. It also considers limitations of reflexive systems, by investigating model systems where selected interactions of specific components are evaluated to...

Addressing the increased use of protein and peptide candidates as treatments for previously untreatable diseases, this comprehensive and progressive source provides the reader with a roadmap to an increased understanding of issues critical for successfully developing a protein or peptide therapeutic candidate. Proteins and Peptides is an invaluable source for drug discovery and development scientists in the biopharmaceutical industry who frequently navigate the maze of protein and peptide pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and metabolism.

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This volume provides information related to the difficulties in treating cancers through targeted drug delivery. It examines our current understanding of cancer biology as well as potential technologies that may achieve enhanced drug delivery to tumors.