Perspectives In Bioconjugate Chemistry

A collection of all the reviews and teaching editorials that first appeared in Bioconjugate Chemistry between 1989 and January 1993. Offers an extensively referenced introduction to the subject by Bioconjugate Chemistry Editor Claude F. Meares. Includes sections on proteins, nucleic acids, synthetic polymers, targeted antibodies, and antibody conjugates. Valuable reading for active practitioners as well as for students seeking an introduction to this area of research.

This timely, one-stop reference is the first on an emerging and interdisciplinary topic. Covering both established and recently developed ligation chemistries, the book is divided into two didactic parts: a section that focuses on the details of bioorthogonal and chemoselective ligation reactions at the level of fundamental organic chemistry, and a section that focuses on applications, particularly in the areas of chemical biology, biomaterials, and bioanalysis, highlighting the capabilities and benefits of the ligation reactions. With chapters authored by outstanding scientists who range from trailblazers in the field to young and emerging leaders, this book on a highly interdisciplinary topic will be of great interest for biochemists, biologists, materials scientists, pharmaceutical chemists, organic chemists, and many others.

Pharmaceutical Perspectives of Cancer Therapeutics covers a wide variety of therapeutic approaches including gene therapy, immunological therapy; cancer vaccines; strategy for solid tumors as well as for hematological cancers; methods to suppress tumor angiogenesis and metastasis; development and utilization of relevant animal models; introduction of new concepts such as cancer stem cells and new technologies, such as DNA and tissue microarrays; and RNA interference. In addition, clinical application, the development of DNA diagnosis biomarkers and cancer prevention, as well as the utilization of imaging in cancer therapy are also discussed. The use of synthetic carriers, such as lipids, polymers, and peptides for delivery and targeting of small molecules, proteins, and nucleic acids to cancer cells in vivo are discussed. Pharmaceutical Perspectives of Cancer Therapeutics also includes cancer therapy modality in surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy, as well as in combination or multi-modality, giving our book a more focused view of cancer therapy.

Toxicity of Nanoparticles - Recent Advances and New Perspectives covers all the important nanotechnological aspects of various metallic nanoparticles, including their growth and characterization, facile synthesis and fabrication, development, and potential applications for industrial, environmental, and healthcare purposes. Recent developments, innovative synthesis methods, metal oxides, drug delivery, bioengineering, microbiology, seafood and aquacultures, phytometallics, nanotoxicological assessment, immunotoxicity, and promising new frontiers around these advanced nanoscale materials are reviewed under the editorship of an internationally renowned scientist. This book is useful for a diverse range of readers and important for research organizations, government research centers, academic libraries, and those involved in the research and development of carbon materials.

Bioconjugate Techniques, 2nd Edition, is the essential guide to the modification and cross linking of biomolecules for use in research, diagnostics, and therapeutics. It provides highly detailed information on the chemistry, reagent systems, and practical applications for creating labeled or conjugate molecules. It also describes dozens of reactions with details on hundreds of commercially available reagents and the use of these reagents for modifying or cross linking peptides and proteins, sugars and polysaccharides, nucleic acids and oligonucleotides, lipids, and synthetic polymers. A one-stop source for proven methods and protocols for synthesizing bioconjugates in the lab Step-by-step presentation makes the book an ideal source for researchers who are less familiar with the synthesis of bioconjugates More than 600 figures that visually describe the complex reactions associated with the synthesis of bioconjugates Includes entirely new chapters on the latest areas in the field of bioconjugation as follows: Microparticles and nanoparticlesSilane coupling agentsDendrimers and dendronsChemoselective ligationQuantum dotsLanthanide chelatesCyanine dyesDiscrete PEG compoundsBuckyballs,fullerenes, and carbon nanotubesMass tags and isotope tagsBioconjugation in the study of protein interactions

This book provides a unique and up-to-date insight into the biopharmaceutical industry. Largely written by industrial authors, its scope is multidisciplinary, rendering it an ideal reference source for students undertaking advanced undergraduate or postgraduate courses in biotechnology, pharmaceutical science, biochemistry, or medicine.

Nanomaterials offer great potential for effective tumor diagnosis and therapy combing diagnostic agents and therapeutic drugs into one platform. In this book, the most recent progress of main nanomaterials and their applications in tumor targeting theranostics is presented. It summarizes the recent advances of current principal nanomaterials in tumor theranostics, including magnetic nanomaterials, quantum dots, mesoporous silica nanoparticles, gold nanomaterials, polymeric nanosystem, carbon nanomaterials, lipopolyplex nanoparticles, microbubbles, upconversion nanomaterials and dendrimers. It will enable readers to get a more realistic understanding of both the advantages and limitations of nanomaterials for potential tumor targeting theranosis. The publication of this book will accelerate the spread of ideas that are currently trickling through the scientific literature. Also a greater understanding of the potential and challenge of nanomaterials for tumor targeting theranostics is highly anticipated for practical clinical use. Contents:Nanomaterials as Therapeutic/Imaging Agent Delivery Vehicles for Tumor Targeting Theranostics (Mingqian Tan, Yanfang Wang, Xiaojie Song, and Yaqi Wu)Basics of Theranostics in Tumor (Huichao Zou, Yaohua Liu, and Shiguang Zhao)Magnetic Nanomaterials for Tumor Targeting Theranostics (Leyong Zeng, Zheyu Shen, and Aiguo Wu)Quantum Dots (QDs) for Tumor Targeting Theranostics (Yufei Ma, He Shen, Mengxin Zhang, and Zhijun Zhang)Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles (MSNs) for Cancer Theranostics (Yu Hsia, Maharajan Sivasubramanian, Nai-Tzu Chen, and Leu-Wei Lo)Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) Nanoprobes as Cancer Theranostics (Meikun Fan)Polymeric Nanosystems for Targeted Theranostics (Yongyong Li, Huiyun Wen, Haiqing Dong, Aijun Shen, Tianbin Ren, and Donglu Shi)Carbon Nanomaterials for Tumor Targeting Theranostics (João M M Leitão, Eliana F C Simões, and Joaquim C G Esteves da Silva)Lipopolyplex Nanoparticles for Tumor Targeting Theranostics (Fengying Dai and Xin Zhang)Microbubbles for Tumor Targeting Theranostics (Daming Yong, Xuejing Wang, Lei Wang, and Xiaojun Han)Upconversion Nanomaterials for Tumor Targeting Theranostics (Wei Wang)Functional Dendrimers as Nanoscale Theranostic Vehicles for Cancer Treatment (Kui Luo and Zhongwei Gu)Protein-based Nanoparticles for Tumor Targeting Theranostics (Yang Liu, Hao Wu, and Huihui Wang)Conclusions and Future Perspectives (Shanmin Gao and Narayan S Hosmane) Readership: Advanced undergraduates, graduate students, chemists, materials scientists, biomedical engineers, pharmacologists, biologists, doctors and oncologists in nanomaterials, nanobiotechnology, nanomedicine, tumor theranostics, tumor targeting, tumor diagnosis, tumor imaging, and tumor therapy. Key Features:One of the first books to comprehensively describe main nanomaterials for tumor targeting theranosticsFocuses on the combination of therapeutic and diagnostic applications of current principal nanomaterials, providing descriptions of cutting-edge discoveries along with perspectivesChapter contributors are internationally renowned scientists who are experts in their own research arena of nanomaterialsKeywords:Nanomaterials;Tumor Theranostics;Tumor Targeting;Tumor Diagnosis;Tumor Imaging;Tumor Therapy