Les nanotechnologies peuvent-elles contribuer à traiter des maladies sévères / Patrick Couvreur.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Couvreur, Patrick, author.

Series:

Leçons inaugurales du Collège de France ; 211.

Leçons inaugurales ; 211

Language:

French

Physical Description:

1 online resource (60 pages) : digital file(s).

Place of Publication:

Collège de France 2010

France : Collège de France Fayard, 2010

Language Note:

French

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Inaugural lecture delivered on January 21, 2010, Chair of Technological Innovation Liliane Bettencourt (2009-2010). The design of nanotechnologies capable of transporting drugs in the body and releasing them in a specific manner at the level of the site of action makes it possible to increase the therapeutic activity and to reduce the toxicity of many drugs. These “nanovectors” are capable of protecting the active molecule from degradation by the enzymes of the organism, of targeting it selectively towards the target tissue or cell, and of controlling its release. More specific than traditional pharmaceutical formulations, “nanomedicines” make it possible to design new therapeutic strategies in the fight against severe diseases: cancers, intracellular infections, metabolic or neurodegenerative diseases, etc. The Chair of Technological Innovation at the Collège de France was created with the support of the Bettencourt-Schueller Foundation.

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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

9782821814707

2821814704

9782722600980

2722600986