| Literature DB >> 18175273 |
Claudia Christina Wagner1, Markus Müller, Graham Lappin, Oliver Langer.
Abstract
Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging using microdoses of radiolabeled drug tracers is gaining increasing acceptance in modern clinical drug development. This approach is unique in that it allows for direct quantitative assessment of drug concentrations in the tissues targeted for treatment, thereby bridging the gap between pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. Current applications of PET in anticancer, anti-infective and central nervous system drug research are reviewed herein. Situated at the interface of preclinical and clinical drug testing, PET microdosing is a powerful and highly innovative tool for pharmaceutical development.Mesh:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18175273
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Opin Drug Discov Devel ISSN: 1367-6733