Delivery Systems for Peptide Drugs / Edition 1

ISBN-13: 9780306424960 Publisher: Springer US Publication date: 04/01/1987 Series: NATO Science Series A: , #125 Edition description: 1986 Pages: 370 Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.36(d) Recent years have seen enormous advances in the field of protein and peptide engineering and a greater understanding in the way in which biological response modifiers function in the body. It is now possible through the use of recombinant DNA techniques, or by solid phase protein synthesis, to produce significant quantities of a wide variety of regulatory agents that are therapeutically applicable. The list of these response modifiers expands almost daily to include interferons, macrophage activation factors, neuropeptides and agents that may have potential in cardiovascular disease, inflammation, contraception etc. Prospects to use some of these materials in medicine have reached the stage where products have either been approved by regulatory authorities or are the subject of applications