I. General aspects 1. Importance of nanomedicine in human health 2. Possibilities and challenges for the clinical application of nanoparticles in the treatment of diseases 3. Pre-clinical and Clinical Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of nanocarriers
II. Synthesis and functionalization of nanocarriers 4. Main techniques and methods used for the production of nanocarriers 5. Nanocarrier designs from carbon nanotubes 6. Methods for functionalization of nanocarriers
III. Drug delivery and diagnostics using nanoparticles 7. Methods for nanoencapsulation 8. Recent advances in understanding the release of drugs in nano-formulations 9. Lipid nanocarriers for the delivery of drugs to the nervous system 10. Nanoformulations for topical drugs 11. Transport of drugs using liposomes 12. Gold nanoparticles for drug delivery. 13. Overview on the use of nanostructures in diagnostic imaging 14. Quantum dot in diagnostic imaging 15. Nanostructures used in cancer imaging
IV. Nanomedicine for the treatment of diseases 16. Trends topics in nanovaccines 17. Advances in the use of nanocarriers for the treatment of neglected diseases 18. Nanocarriers for the treatment of infectious diseases 19. Biomedical applications of magnetic nanocarriers 20. Lipid nanoparticles: Pharmacological applications for the treatment of cancer 21. Nanocarriers for the treatment of inflammatory diseases 22. Selective treatment of tumors using nanocarriers