Therapeutic Proteins and Peptides

Download or read book Therapeutic Proteins and Peptides written by and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2018-04-18 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Therapeutic Proteins and Peptides, Volume 112 in an ongoing series promotes further research in the discovery of new therapeutic targets that can be affected by therapeutic proteins and peptides to cure or manage symptoms of human diseases, with this release focusing on the Rational Design of Stable Liquid Formulations of Biopharmaceuticals, Formulation strategies for peptides, proteins and antibodies using nanotechnology, the Solution structural dynamics of therapeutic peptides and their adsorption on plasmonic nanoparticles, Enzymatic approaches of protein-polymer conjugation, Chimeric small antibody fragments as a strategy to deliver therapeutic payloads, Smart cell-penetrating peptide-based techniques for cytoplasmic delivery of therapeutic macromolecules, and more. - Describes advances in the discovery and application of therapeutic proteins/peptides which allow better targeting to the site of treatment and cause fewer adverse effects when compared to chemical compounds used for disease treatment - Targeted to a very wide audience of specialists, researchers and students - Written by well-renown authorities in their field - Includes a number of high quality illustrations, figures and tables