Carbohydrate Drug Design.9780841239463 Carbohydrate drug design. Ed. by Anatole A. Klyosov et al. American Chemical Society The American Chemical Society (ACS) is a learned society (professional association) based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. Founded in 1876 at New York University, the ACS currently has over 160,000 members at all degree-levels and in 2006 323 pages $189.50 Hardcover ACS (Asynchronous Communications Server) See network access server. symposium series; 932 RS431 Carbohydrates, which an be targeted to specific diseases, represent a new dimension in drug design, which in turn has introduced a new language into chemistry, biochemistry, and related disciplines. Researchers from universities and drug companies around the world help chemists who work in carbohydrates understand the current state of the art and the challenges that remain in consummating matches of carbohydrate-based drugs and the diseases they target. They cover cancer, human immunodeficiency virus human immunodeficiency virus n. HIV. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) A transmissible retrovirus that causes AIDS in humans. (HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. ), pathogen management, and synthesis and computational studies. Distributed in the US by Oxford University Press. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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