Challenges for the chemical sciences in the 21st century : health and medicine / Organizing Committee for the Workshop on Health and Medicine.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Workshop on Health and Medicine, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Organizing Committee for the Workshop on Health and Medicine.

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century.

National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology.

Conference Name:

Workshop on Health and Medicine (2002 : University of California, Irvine, CA)

Workshop on Health and Medicine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health.

Medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (75 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The report assesses the current state of chemistry and chemical engineering within the context of drug discovery, disease diagnosis, and disease prevention. Also addressed are chemical and chemical engineering challenges in pharmaceutical synthesis, delivery, and manufacture.

Contents:

FrontMatter

Preface

Acknowledgment of Reviewers

Contents

Executive Summary

1 New Tools and Approaches for Discovery, Diagnostics, and Prevention

2 New Methods in Synthesis and Development for Pharmaceuticals

3 New Directions in Manufacturing and Delivery

4 Accomplishments and Challenges in Health and Medicine for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Appendixes

A Statement of Task

B Biographies of the Organizing Committee Members

C Workshop Agenda

D Participants Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century: Workshop on Health and Medicine

E Reports from the Breakout Session Groups.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-309-16659-4

1-280-18018-8

9786610180189

0-309-52956-5

OCLC:

559446135