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Medicinal Chemistry and Biochemistry Book Releases

The Royal Society of Chemistry publishes book titles across a wide range of areas, in the area of medicinal chemistry and drug discovery we have recently published the following title:

Smart Materials in Drug Discovery, published in the RSC Smart Materials Series

Edited by Angel Concheiro and Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo.

Smart Materials for Drug Delivery brings together the recent findings in the area and provides a critical analysis of the different materials available and how they can be applied to advanced drug delivery systems.

Other forthcoming titles include:

Cara Sutton will be attending the European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists (EAPCCT) Congress in Copenhagen from the 28th to the 31st May 2013.

If you have an idea for a book or you would like to find out more about the RSC Drug Discovery, Issues in Toxicology or RSC Metallobiology Series please contact the medicinal chemistry Commissioning Editor, Cara Sutton.

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New Nano, Polymer and Materials Science Books

To help you keep up-to-date with key topics in nano, polymer and materials Science, we are delighted to announce the publication of the following RSC Books.

Healable Polymer SystemsIn the RSC Polymer Chemistry Series:

Healable Polymer Systems edited by Wayne Hayes and Barnaby Greenland, University of Reading, UK

With contributions from leading experts, the book provides a reference text on self-healing polymers from a chemist’s perspective.

In the RSC Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Series:

Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Composites edited by Dimitrios Tasis, University of Patras, Greece

Summarizes the basic chemical aspects for obtaining multifunctional carbon nanotube-based polymer composites and highlights recent advances in the field.

 

 

Coming Soon: 

  • Fundamentals of Controlled/Living Radical Polymerizaion edited by Nicolay V. Tsarevsky, Southern Methodist University, USA and Brent S. Sumerlin, University of Florida, USA.
  • Functional Polymers for Nanomedicine edited by Youqing Shen, Zhejiang University, China
  • Smart Materials for Drug Delivery edited by Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo and Angel Concheiro, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Don’t forget you can freely access the table of contents, preface, front matter and first chapter of every eBook via the RSC Publishing Website.

If you have an idea for a book or would like more information about our materials titles please contact the Materials Books Commissioning Editor, Leanne Marle

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New book – Polymer-Graphene Nanocomposites

The combination of graphene within polymer matrices produces a material with improved electrical, barrier and mechanical properties. This new book is the first, forward-thinking, publication of its kind to detail the various methodologies of graphene functionalization and subsequent generation of nanocomposites in a comprehensive way.

Covering the most recent developments in the generation of graphene nanocomposites synthesis it assimilates, in one place, all the necessary information required to provide the reader with in-depth insights into the various aspects of the subject. The concluding chapter provides a summary on the current status and future challenges associated with the subject.

Edited by Vikas Mittal, Polymer-Graphene Nanocomposites is a comprehensive handbook providing essential, highly toical, methods and strategies to the researcher.

Find out more – access the content.

Want to know more about different nanomaterials? Find out about our other titles in the RSC Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Series.

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Examining the effects of veterinary pharmaceuticals in humans

The latest book to be published in the Issues in Toxicology series is Toxicological Effects of Veterinary Medicinal Products in Humans, edited by Kevin Woodward, this text provides the first definitive guide to discuss the adverse effects of veterinary medicinal products in humans.

Examining adverse drug effects reported to regulatory agencies, including the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine and the UK Veterinary Medicines Directorate, the chapters focus on occupational saftety and consumer issues, but also focus on circumstances in which exposure may occur and the background of adverse health effects from alternative sources in the veterinary and farming professions.

This professional reference text will provide an essential resource for medical practioners working in hospitals, poisons information centres, veterinarians, regulators and risk managers and those working in industry and academia.

Find out more here.

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Computing with Molecules

We are constantly taking in information, processing it, storing it and transferring it all because of our molecular systems. But it is only in recent years that the information-processing abilities of molecules have been explored.

Molecular Logic-based Computation looks at the way molecules can be used in computation by performing a logical operation based on one or more physical or chemical inputs and a single output.

This well-organised book starts by introducing the history and basic concepts of the subject followed by examples of different systems from single input–single output logic gates to more complex ones, as well as applications in sensing and medical diagnostics.

This book provides an authoritative guide for scientists, academics and postgraduate students.

Stands to reason you’ll want to read more – access the content now.

Find out more about our other titles in the Monographs in Supramolecular Chemistry Book Series.

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Hydrogels – More Than Just Contact Lens

Hydrogels can be found in everyday items such as contact lenses, shoe sole cushions, vitamin capsules and wound dressings. Their varied use means that this is still an intense area of research and a concise summary of polymeric and self assembled hydrogels is needed to assist researchers and progress the field.

The new book, Polymeric and Self Assembled Hydrogels, provides an essential overview of hydrogel research from basic fundamental research to applied and platform technologies, and commercially viable applications.

Experts in the field discuss the cutting-edge developments in the field of hydrogels including supramolecular approaches to the formation of hydrogels, ‘slide-ring’’ hydrogels based on cyclodextrin inclusion complexes, peptide hydrogels, thermogelling polymers and applications in chemo-sensing and biomedical fields.

Read the latest on hydrogel research – read the book today.

Find out more about our other titles in the Monographs in Supramolecular Chemistry Book Series.

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A fresh approach to studying nuclear receptors

Nuclear receptors are evolutionary conserved proteins and important targets for drug and food additives.  The first nuclear receptor structures were determined by X-ray diffraction in the 90’s, since then the number of known structures has increased dramatically.  The number of structures available, combined with numerous “omics” projects, has opened up great opportunities for the discovery of new targets, the characterization of abnormal protein patterns, the selection of “tailored” drugs and the evaluation of drug efficacy, even with a lack of structural data. 

Computational Approaches to Nuclear Receptors, recently published in the RSC Drug Discovery Series and edited by Pietro Cozzini and Glen E Kellogg, provides a comprehensive review of the current and on-going investigations into nuclear receptors.  With detailed discussion of all aspects of computational approaches including an introduction to the structure and function of nuclear receptors, how to use structural data as a platform for computational studies and details of utilising molecular dynamics techniques in understanding the movements of nuclear receptors in both high and low flexibility domains.

Each chapter discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each of the different methods discussed, giving the reader a comprehensive and balanced view of the current investigations surrounding nuclear receptors.

Find out more here.

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Improving psychiatric medication, tablet by tablet…

The discovery and development of drugs to treat psychiatric disorders has had a profound influence on our understanding of these disorders and their pathology. However, the medicines being used today are far from perfect, some with serious side effects and others that are only partially effective. Despite recent advances, there is still an urgent need for more effective, safe and well-tolerated treatments.

This exciting and extensive professional reference text from the RSC Drug Discovery series covers the advances, challenges and future prospects in the discovery of drugs aimed at treating major psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, ADHD, bipolar disorder, addiction and autism.

Drug discovery for psychiatric disorders edited by Zoran Rankovic Matilda Bingham, Eric J. Nestler and Richard Hargreaves, and written by experts from both academia and industry, will be an essential text for medicinal chemists, pharmacologists and pharmaceutical scientists specialising in the development of pharmaceuticals for psychiatric disorders.

Learn more about this fascinating and rapidly developing field here.

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Enhancing DNA enhances the applications

Nucleic acids have numerous biological functions and have been exploited as diagnostic tools, drug molecules, biosensors and nanostructures.  The properties and function can be further enhanced by adding conjugates such as fluorophores, small molecular and enzymes.  These attachments help to promote recognition properties, stabilise against degradation and facilitate detection.

DNA Conjugates and Sensors, recently published in the RSC Biomolecular Sciences series and edited by Keith Fox and Tom Brown describes these useful tools that have been used for disease identification and treatment and forensic applications. 

Written by leaders in the field and describing the preparation, properties and applications of DNA conjugates, this book will be of interest to a wide variety of researchers, including those working in analytical chemistry, chemical biology, medicinal chemistry, molecular pharmacology, structural and molecular biology.

Learn more about DNA conjugates here.

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Double the Chemistry with Janus Particles

Like Janus, the two-faced Roman God peering into the past and the future, Janus particles have two sides with opposing physical properties such as hydrophobic versus hydrophilic.

Materials with different surfaces and chemistries are appealing for a number of applications, including drug delivery, but there isn’t one source covering Janus particles. Edited by pioneering experts in the field, Shan Jiang (MIT) and Steve Granick (Illinois), Janus Particle Synthesis, Self-Assembly and Applications is the first book to address the synthesis and uses of Janus particles and patchy colloids.         

See both sides of Janus particles – get the book today.

Interested in other smart materials? Read more about the new RSC Smart Materials Series.

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