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Trypanosomatid diseases : molecular routes to drug discovery / edited by Timo Jäger, Oliver Koch, and Leopold Flohé.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Drug discovery in infectious diseases ; v. 4.Publication details: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, 2013.Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (xxviii, 547 pages) : illustrations (some color)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783527670383
  • 3527670386
  • 9783527670390
  • 3527670394
  • 3527332553
  • 9783527332557
  • 9781299402201
  • 1299402208
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Trypanosomatid diseases.DDC classification:
  • 616.9/6 23
LOC classification:
  • RC119 .T79 2013eb
Online resources:
Contents:
pt. 1. Disease burden, current treatments, medical needs, and strategic approaches -- pt. 2. Metabolic peculiarities in the trypanosomatid family guiding drug discovery -- pt. 3. Validation and selection of drug targets in kinetoplasts -- pt. 4. Examples of target-based approaches and compounds under consideration.
Summary: This is the first resource to provide researchers in academia and industry with an urgently needed update summarizing the current knowledge and possibilities for drug intervention against Trypanosomatides all in one volume. As such, it covers every aspect of the topic from basic research findings, via current treatments to translational approaches in drug development and includes both human and livestock diseases. The outstanding editor and contributor team reads like a Who?s Who of the field, thus guaranteeing the outstanding quality of this ready reference.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Disease burden, current treatments, medical needs, and strategic approaches -- pt. 2. Metabolic peculiarities in the trypanosomatid family guiding drug discovery -- pt. 3. Validation and selection of drug targets in kinetoplasts -- pt. 4. Examples of target-based approaches and compounds under consideration.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Wiley, viewed May 28, 2013).

This is the first resource to provide researchers in academia and industry with an urgently needed update summarizing the current knowledge and possibilities for drug intervention against Trypanosomatides all in one volume. As such, it covers every aspect of the topic from basic research findings, via current treatments to translational approaches in drug development and includes both human and livestock diseases. The outstanding editor and contributor team reads like a Who?s Who of the field, thus guaranteeing the outstanding quality of this ready reference.