Description:
In recent years there has been an explosion in the use of polymers to solve various biomedical problems. Polymers play a crucial role in controlling drug release rate, enhancing drug solubility and uptake, and limiting drug degradation and toxicity. Polymers in Drug Delivery is a state-of-the-art documentation and review of all areas in which polymers are used in drug delivery, including hydrogels, soluble polymer drug conjugates, polymeric vesicles and micelles, microspheres, nanoparticles, polymeric in tissue engineering, and more. It is a readily accessible volume suitable for drug delivery scientists and as reading for advanced pharmaceutical students and others new to the field.
Review Quotes:
"... explains the role of polymers in controlling the rate of drug release, enhancing solubility and uptake, and limiting degradation and toxicity. It contains 13 chapters, which cover different aspects of polymers in drug delivery. ... The book is ideally suited for medical and pharmaceutical scientists and students. "
-- John F. Kennedy, Zaheera Parveen, Chembiotech Laboratories, Institute of Research and Development, University of Birmingham Research Park, UK, in International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Vol. 41, 2007