Handbook of Materials for Nanomedicine

ISBN-13: 9789814267557 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 868 str.

Vladimir Torchilin; Mansoor M. Amiji

Opis

The fast developing field of nanomedicine uses a broad variety of materials to serve as delivery systems for drugs, genes, and diagnostic agents. This book is the first attempt to put under one cover all major available information about these materials, both still on experimental levels and already applied in patients.

Recenzje

"This handbook of nanomaterials is a comprehensive collection of well-written chapters on nanoparticle technologies used for medical applications of all kinds. All in all, it will be a very valuable reference book for biomaterials scientists and medical researchers involved in the many different facets of therapeutics, diagnostics and imaging for medical applications."
—Prof. Allan S. Hoffman, University of Washington, USA

"The clear organization into crisp chapters makes the book a rich source of references. The book provides professionals and newcomers entering the nanomedicine world with deep understanding of the current problems and presents fascinating highlights in the context of future applications in practical medicine."
—Prof. Julia Y. Ljubimova, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, USA

Spis treści

Organic Nanostructures: Polymeric Nanostructures: Synthetic Polymer-Drug Conjugates for Human Therapy. Dendrimer-Based Nanomaterials. Combinatorial Polymer and Lipidoid Libraries for Nanomedicine. Lipid-Based and Other Organic Structures: Liposomal Nanomedicines. Nanomedicines from Polymeric Amphiphiles. Materials for Nanoemulsions and Their Influence on the Biofate. Inorganic Nanostructures: Metal Structures: Biomedical Applications of Multifunctional Silica-Based Gold Nanoshells. Metal Oxide Nanoarchitectures for Biotemplating Application. Miscellaneous Istructures: Fluorescent Quantum Dots for Biomedical Applications. Lipid Coated Microbubbles and Nanodroplets as Tools for Biomedical Nanotechnology. Biomimetics: Bio-Inspired Engineering of Human Tissue Scaffolding for Regenerative Medicine.