PharmacologyChurchill Livingstone, 1999 - 830 pagine The aim of this work is not only to describe what drugs do, but to emphasize the mechanisms by which they act - where possible at the cellular and molecular level. Therapeutic agents have a high rate of obsolescence and many new ones are introduced each year; an appreciation of the mechanisms of action of the class of drugs to which a new agent belongs provides a starting point for understanding and using intelligently. |
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... tumours do express it and it is suggested that it is this enzyme that confers ' immortality ' on a cancer cell ; though this is controversial . Angiogenesis and tumour growth The actual growth of the tumour depends on the de- velopment ...
... tumours do express it and it is suggested that it is this enzyme that confers ' immortality ' on a cancer cell ; though this is controversial . Angiogenesis and tumour growth The actual growth of the tumour depends on the de- velopment ...
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... TUMOUR SUPPRESSOR GENES Normal cells contain genes that have the ability to suppress malignant change - termed tumour suppressor genes ( anti - oncogenes ) —and there is now good evidence that mutations of these genes are involved in ...
... TUMOUR SUPPRESSOR GENES Normal cells contain genes that have the ability to suppress malignant change - termed tumour suppressor genes ( anti - oncogenes ) —and there is now good evidence that mutations of these genes are involved in ...
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... tumour blood vessels . Science 275 : 482-484 ( Short coverage of new anti- angiogenesis therapies listing drugs in ... tumour - suppressor genes in human cancers ) Harris A 1997 Antiangiogenesis for cancer therapy . Lancet 349 ( suppl II ) ...
... tumour blood vessels . Science 275 : 482-484 ( Short coverage of new anti- angiogenesis therapies listing drugs in ... tumour - suppressor genes in human cancers ) Harris A 1997 Antiangiogenesis for cancer therapy . Lancet 349 ( suppl II ) ...
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molecular aspects | 19 |
Method and measurement in pharmacology | 47 |
Absorption and distribution of drugs | 61 |
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