Drug Delivery Systems: Advanced Technologies Potentially Applicable in Personalised Treatment

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Coelho, Jorge (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Advances in Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine, 4
• Subjects: Medicine.; Polymers.; Medicinal chemistry.; Diabetes.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.; Medicinal Chemistry.; Polymer Sciences.
• Physical Description: XVII, 421 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9789400760103
• ISSN: 2211-3495 ;

This book is part of a series dedicated to recent advances on preventive, predictive and personalised medicine (APPPM). It focuses on the theme of “Drug delivery systems: advanced technologies potentially applicable in personalised treatments”. The critical topics involving the development and preparation of effective drug delivery systems, such as: polymers available, self-assembly, nanotechnology, pharmaceutical formulations, three dimensional structures, molecular modeling, tailor-made solutions and technological tendencies, are carefully discussed. The understanding of these areas constitutes a paramount route to establish personalised and effective solutions for specific diseases and individuals.