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Download or read book Ocular Angiogenesis written by Joyce Tombran-Tink and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-11-06 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading academic and pharmaceutical researchers and clinicians from many disciplines synthesize and summarize current clinical and basic knowledge concerning abnormal growth of blood vessels in the eye, the cause of major neovascular eye diseases. The authors also identify and assess the most promising approaches with potential for commercial exploitation and discuss the challenges encountered in developing therapeutics for ocular neovascular diseases. Highlights include illuminating chapters on gene therapy and novel drug delivery systems and excellent summaries of the newest therapeutic approaches.