Emerging Cancer Therapy
Microbial Approaches and Biotechnological Tools
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Beschreibung
Explores current and emerging applications of microbes ascancer-fighting agents
Today, treatment options for cancer patients typically includesurgery, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, and chemotherapy. Whilethese therapies have saved lives and reduced pain and suffering,cancer still takes millions of lives every year around the world.In recent years, researchers have been working on a new strategy:developing microbes and microbial products that specifically attackcancer cells.
This book breaks new ground in emerging cancer treatmentmodalities by presenting recent advances in the use ofmicroorganisms and viruses as well as their products in cancertherapy. Seventeen chapters review the application of livemicroorganisms, high and low molecular weight products derived frommicroorganisms, and microbial products fused to cancer-targetingmolecules. In addition, the book highlights the benefits of amulti-target approach to destroy cancer cells. Readers will notonly discover the results and significance of basic and clinicalresearch, but also encouraging results from clinical trials.
Emerging Cancer Therapy is divided into threesections:
* Section 1: Live/Attenuated Bacteria and Viruses asAnticancer Agents
* Section 2: Bacterial Products as Anticancer Agents
* Section 3: Patents on Bacteria/Bacterial Products asAnticancer Agents
With chapters written by leading pioneers in microbial, biotech,and cancer research, Emerging Cancer Therapy is recommendedfor biotechnologists, microbiologists, clinical oncologists,medicinal chemists, and biochemists. Readers will not only learnthe tremendous potential of microbial and biotechnologicalapproaches to cancer therapy, but also discover new directions ofresearch for effective drug discovery and development.
Autor*in
Arsenio Fialho
Themen in »Emerging Cancer Therapy«
Biotechnologie Biotechnologie i. d. Chemie Biotechnology Biowissenschaften Chemie Chemistry Krebs (Medizin) Life Sciences Medical Science Medizin Microbiology & Virology Mikrobiologie u. Virologie Oncology & Radiotherapy Onkologie Onkologie u. Strahlentherapie