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Pharmaceutical Biotechnology


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Carlos Alberto Guzmán
Department of Vaccinology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research

Giora Feuerstein
Wyeth Research

This book will be published in December of 2008

List price: TBA



ISBN: TBA
Pub date: 2008-12-01


Table of contents

Planned List of Topics

Strategies for screening for novel protein targets in drug discovery
Davinger Gill

The role of nanobiotechnology in drug discovery
Kewal K. Jain

Natural products in drug discovery: Present status and perspectives
Gabriella Molinari

The role of iRNA in target identification and validation in drug discovery
Moiteye Kishore

From venomous peptides to therapeutics
Richard J Lewis

Virus like particles as a vaccine delivery system: myths and facts
Polly Roy

HSV as a vector in vaccine development and gene therapy
Peggy Marconi

Bacterial ghosts, applications in biomedicine: Potential and limitations
Werner Lubitz

Toll-like receptor agonists: Powerful tools for immune interventions
Shizuo Akira and Ken Ishii

Immune modulating molecules with defined molecular targets:
Cornerstone for rational vaccine development
Carlos A. Guzman

Bone marrow stem cells as therapeutics
Mickie Bhtia

Transepithelial immunotherapy
Cecil Czerkinsky

Translational medicine in pharmaceutical biotechnology
Giora Feuerstein

Genome-based vaccine development
Rino Rappuoli

Strengths and weaknesses of the antigenome approach for vaccine development
Alexander von Gabain

New strategies to overcome the drawbacks of currently available flu vaccines
Jean-François Viret

Innovative approaches to develop prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines against HIV/AIDS
Barbara Ensoli

Fertility-control vaccines for extensive wildlife management
Janine Duckworth