Polymeric Drugs and Drug Administration

Content: Polymer systems for biomedical applications : an overview / Raphael M. Ottenbrite and Natalya Fadeeva --
Bioelastic materials and the [delta]Tt-mechanism in drug delivery / Dan W. Urry, D. Channe Gowda, Cynthia M. Harris, and R. Dean Harris --
Sequence-selective binding of DNA by oligopeptides as a novel approach to drug design / Moses Lee and Clint Walker --
Protein device for glucose-sensitive release of insulin / Y. Ito and Y. Imanishi --
Preparation and characterization of enzyme-digestible hydrogels from natural polymers by gamma irradiation / Kalpana R. Kamath and Kinam Park --
Pharmacokinetics and toxicity of a p-boronophenylalanine-cyclodextrin formulation delivered by intravenous infusion to dogs / T.R. LaHann, W.F. Bauer, P. Gavin, and D.R. Lu --
Electrorelease of drugs from composite polymer films / Maria Hepel and Zbigniew Fijalek --
Pulsatile drug release by electric stimulus / You Han Bae, Ick Chan Kwon, and Sung Wan Kim --
Poly(ethylene oxide)-based delivery systems : influence of polymer molecular weight and gel viscoelastic behavior on drug release mechanism / A. Apicella, B. Cappello, M.A. Del Nobile, M.I. La Rotonda, G. Mensitieri, L. Nicolais, and S. Seccia --
Development of micelle-forming polymeric drug with superior anticancer activity / M. Yokoyama, G.S. Kwon, T. Okano, Y. Sakurai, and K. Kataoka --
Optimization of poly(maleic acid-alt-2-cyclohexyl-1,3-dioxepin-5-ene) for anti-human immunodeficiency virus activity / Jian Ling Ding and Raphael M. Ottenbrite --
Enhancement of cell membrane affinity and biological activity of polyanionic polymers / Yasuo Suda, Shoichi Kusumoto, Naoto Oku, and Raphael M. Ottenbrite --
Accumulation of poly(vinyl alcohol) at inflammatory site / Tetsuji Yamaoka, Yasuhiko Tabata, and Yoshito Ikada --
Design of new building blocks in resorbable polymers : application in drug delivery microspheres / Ann-Christine Albertsson, Anders Löfgren, Cecilia Sturesson, and Maria Sjöling --
Chain structure and hydrolysis of nonalternating polyester amides / Kenneth E. Gonsalves and Xiaomao Chen --
Polymeric site-directed delivery of misoprostol to the stomach / P.W. Collins, S.J. Tremont, W.E. Perkins, R.L. Fenton, M.P. McGrath, G.M. Wagner, A.F. Gasiecki, R.G. Bianchi, J.J. Casler, C.M. Ponte, J.C. Stolzenbach, P.H. Jones, and D. Forster --
Use of [alpha]-1,4-polygalactosamine as a carrier of macromolecular prodrug of 5-fluorouracil / Tatsuro Ouchi, Keigo Inosaka, and Yuichi Ohya --
Poly(methacrylic acid) hydrogels for rumen bypass and the delivery of oral vaccines to ruminants / T.L. Bowersock, W.S.W. Shalaby, W.E. Blevins, M. Levy, and Kinam Park --
Polymer-solvent interactions studied with computational chemistry / Samuel J. Lee and Kinam Park.