The Oncogenomics Handbook (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781588294258)

An integrated overview of cancer drug discovery and development from the bench to the clinic, showing with broad strokes and representative examples the drug development process as a network of linked components leading from the discovered target to the ultimate therapeutic product. Following a systems biology approach, the authors explain genomic databases and how to discover oncological targets from them, how then to advance from the gene and transcript to the level of protein biochemistry, how next to move from the chemical realm to that of the living cell and, ultimately, pursue animal modeling and clinical development. Emerging cancer therapeutics including Ritux an, Erbitux, Gleevec Herceptin, Avastin, ABX-EGF, Velcade, Kepivance, Iressa, Tarceva, and Zevalin are addressed. Highlights include cancer genomics, pharmacogenomics, transcriptomics, gene expression analysis, proteomic and enzymatic cancer profiling technologies, and cellular and animal approaches to cancer target validation.

Author: William J. Larochelle
ISBN-10: 1588294250
ISBN-13: 9781588294258
Publisher: Humana
Language: English
Published: 04/15/2005
Pages: 750
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.94lbs
Size: 10.34h x 7.34w x 1.44d