Biomedical Applications, Vol. 3

Edited by a five-person team of North American academic chemists, this is the third volume of a new series dedicated to the chemistry of large structures where the metal and metalloid atoms are (largely) covalently bonded into the macromolecular network within or pendant to the polymer backbone. This volume focuses on biomedical applications, with eight papers examining such topics as metal- labeled DNA on surfaces, organotin macromolecules as anticancer drugs, polymeric ferrocene conjugates as antiproliferative agents, polymeric platinum-containing drugs in the treatment of cancer, and new organic polyacid-inorganic compounds for improved dental materials. Annotation © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Dr. Alaa Abd-El-Aziz is Professor of Chemistry and the Associate Vice-President of Research & Graduate Studies at the University of Winnipeg.

Dr. Charles Carraher is Professor of Chemistry at Florida Atlantic University and Associate Director of the Florida Center for Environmental Studies.

Dr. Charles Pittman has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Lafayette College and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Pennsylvania State University. He completed postdoctoral studies with G. A. Olah, and served on active duty at the U.S. Army University of Alabama. He was appointed Full Professor in 1975 and University Research Professor in 1977. Dr. Pittman came to Mississippi State in 1983 as Professor of Industrial Chemistry and Catalysis. He is also Research Director of the University/Industry Chemical Research Center.

Martin Zeldin is a Visiting Professor of Chemistry at the Hobart and William Smith Colleges. He received his Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry in 1968 from Pennsylvania State University.

John Sheats is the Chairperson of the Department of Chemistry and a Professor of Chemistry at Rider University.