Progress in drug research =: Fortschritte der Arzneimittelforschung = Progrès des recherches pharmaceutiques

Progress in Drug Research is a prestigious book series which provides extensive expert-written reviews on a wide spectrum of highly topical areas in current pharmaceutical and pharmacological research. It serves as an important source of information for researchers concerned with drug research and all those who need to keep abreast of the many recent developments in the quest for new and better medicines. The book contains black-and-white illustrations. Front Matter....Pages 1-7 Physicochemical basis of the universal genetic codes — quantitative analysis....Pages 9-25 Enzymatic generation of complex peptides....Pages 27-53 The role of apoptosis in neurodegenerative diseases....Pages 55-98 Viral quasispecies and the problem of vaccine-escape and drug-resistant mutants....Pages 99-128 Immunotherapy for brain diseases and mental illnesses....Pages 129-146 Natural products and their derivatives as cancer chemopreventive agents....Pages 147-171 Dopamine receptor diversity: Molecular and pharmacological perspectives....Pages 173-194 Novel and unusual nucleosides as drugs....Pages 195-232 Back Matter....Pages 233-288 This series now encompasses all fields concerned with the development of therapeutic drugs and the elucidation of their mechanisms of action, reflecting the increasingly complex nature of modern drugs research.