Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

1. Translational Medicine—A Paradigm Shift in Modern Drug Discovery and Development: The Role of Biomarkers
Mark Day, J. Lynn Rutkowski, Giora Z. Feuerstein

2. Natural Products in Drug Discovery: Present Status and Perspectives
Gabriella Molinari

3. Protein Pharmaceuticals: Discovery and Preclinical Development
Davinder S. Gill

4. The Role of Nanobiotechnology in Drug Discovery
Kewal K. Jain

5. Conotoxin Venom Peptide Therapeutics
Richard J. Lewis

6. Shark Novel Antigen Receptors—The Next Generation of Biologic Therapeutics?
Caroline Barelle, Davinder S. Gill, Keith Charlton

7. Immune Interventions of Human Diseases through Toll-Like Receptors
Cevayir Coban, Ken J. Ishii, Shizuo Akira

8. Genome-Based Vaccine Development: A Short Cut for the Future
Danilo Gomes Moriel, Maria Scarselli, Laura Serino, Marirosa Mora, Rino Rappuoli, Vega Masignani

9. The Antigenome: From Protein Subunit Vaccines to Antibody Treatments of Bacterial Infections?
Carmen Giefing, Eszter Nagy, Alexander Gabain

10. HSV as a Vector in Vaccine Development and Gene Therapy
Peggy Marconi, Rafaela Argnani, Alberto L. Epstein, Roberto Manservigi

11. Virus-Like Particles as a Vaccine Delivery System: Myths and Facts
Polly Roy, Rob Noad

12. Applications of Bacterial Ghosts in Biomedicine
Petra Lubitz, Ulrike Beate Mayr, Werner Lubitz

13. Immune Modulators with Defined Molecular Targets: Cornerstone to Optimize Rational Vaccine Design
Thomas Ebensen, Carlos A. Guzmán

14. Innovative Approaches to Develop Prophylactic and Therapeutic Vaccines against HIV/AIDS
Aurelio Cafaro, Iole Macchia, Maria Teresa Maggiorella, Fausto Titti, Barbara Ensoli

15. New Strategies to Overcome the Drawbacks of Currently Available Flu Vaccines
Epifanio Fichera, Diana Felnerova, Robert Mischler, Jean-François Viret, Reinhard Glueck

Keywords: Biomedicine, Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology, Biomedicine general