Human Drug Targets: A Compendium For Pharmaceutical Discovery
by Edward D. Zanders /
2015 / English / PDF
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The identification of drug targets in a given disease has been
central to pharmaceutical research from the latter half of the
20th century right up to the modern genomics era. Human Drug
Targets provides an essential guide to one of the most important
aspects of drug discovery – the identification of suitable
protein and RNA targets prior to the creation of drug development
candidates.
The identification of drug targets in a given disease has been
central to pharmaceutical research from the latter half of the
20th century right up to the modern genomics era. Human Drug
Targets provides an essential guide to one of the most important
aspects of drug discovery – the identification of suitable
protein and RNA targets prior to the creation of drug development
candidates.
The first part of the book consists of introductory chapters that
provide the background to drug target discovery and highlight the
way in which these targets have been organised into online
databases. It also includes a user’s guide to the list of entries
that forms the bulk of the book.
The first part of the book consists of introductory chapters that
provide the background to drug target discovery and highlight the
way in which these targets have been organised into online
databases. It also includes a user’s guide to the list of entries
that forms the bulk of the book.
Since this is not designed to be a compendium of drugs, the
emphasis will be on the known (or speculated) biological role of
the targets and not on the issues associated with pharmaceutical
development. The objective is to provide just enough information
to be informative and prompt further searches, while keeping the
amount of text for each of the many entries to a minimum.
Since this is not designed to be a compendium of drugs, the
emphasis will be on the known (or speculated) biological role of
the targets and not on the issues associated with pharmaceutical
development. The objective is to provide just enough information
to be informative and prompt further searches, while keeping the
amount of text for each of the many entries to a minimum.Human Drug Targets
Human Drug Targets will prove invaluable to those drug
discovery professionals, in both industry and academia, who need
to make some sense of the bewildering array of online information
sources on current and potential human drug targets. As well as
creating order out of a complex target landscape, the book will
act as an ideas generator for potentially novel targets that
might form the basis of future discovery projects.
will prove invaluable to those drug
discovery professionals, in both industry and academia, who need
to make some sense of the bewildering array of online information
sources on current and potential human drug targets. As well as
creating order out of a complex target landscape, the book will
act as an ideas generator for potentially novel targets that
might form the basis of future discovery projects.
