Drug Discovery Micrornas in Diseases and Disorders: Emerging Therapeutic Targets, Book 69, (Hardcover)

MicroRNAs have a distinct role in the development and progression of a variety of diseases including cancer, neurological disease and metabolic disease amongst others. As such, there is considerable interest in the potential utilisation of microRNAs in precision and personalised medicine, by increasing our understanding of the role of microRNA in the pathology of disease it allows an opportunity to identify potential therapeutic targets. With an international team of authors this book covers the global perspective from pathology to treatment with a comprehensive review of how drugs can be designed to target microRNAs in a variety of diseases.