Editors:
- Addresses the role of different RNAi molecules in cellular processes as rational for diagnostic and therapeutic approaches
- Covers RNAi therapeutic design to optimize siRNA potency and reduce off-target effects
- Discusses current delivery technologies to overcome both intracellular and extracellular barriers
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Advances in Delivery Science and Technology (ADST)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Kenneth A. Howard
About the editor
Kenneth Alan Howard is an Associate Professor and Group Leader at the Department of Molecular Biology at the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Denmark. His team is based in a highly interdisciplinary setting with research and teaching activities focused on advanced drug delivery, nanomedicine, RNA interference, and inflammation. Dr Howard is CEO of an Aarhus University spin-out company that provides delivery solutions for RNA interference-based therapeutics. Kenneth Alan Howard received a PhD in Pharmaceutical Science from the University of Nottingham, UK in 1995, and has held postdoctoral positions at the CRC Institute for Cancer Studies, University of Birmingham, UK and the School of Pharmacy, University of London. Dr Howard is an active member of the Controlled Release Society serving on the Board of Scientific Advisors (chair), Nominations Committee and organizer of a CRS Educational workshop “RNA Interference Biology and Therapeutics”.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: RNA Interference from Biology to Therapeutics
Editors: Kenneth A. Howard
Series Title: Advances in Delivery Science and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4744-3
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-4743-6Published: 19 October 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-9319-9Published: 09 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-4744-3Published: 19 October 2012
Series ISSN: 2192-6204
Series E-ISSN: 2192-6212
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 340
Topics: Biomedicine general, Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology