Materials for Biomedical Engineering: Bioactive Materials for Antimicrobial, Anticancer, and Gene Therapy

ISBN-13: 9780128184356 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 466 str.

Alexandru Grumezescu; Alina Maria Holban

Spis treści

1. Therapeutic nanostructures: novel approaches
2. Biodegradable antimicrobial hydrogels and their use in biomedical purposes
3. Antimicrobial fibers obtained by electrospinning
4. Hybrid films based on nonisocyanate polyurethanes with antimicrobial activity
5. Antimicrobial activity of green synthesized plasmonic nanoparticles
6. Metallic nanoparticles as a potential antimicrobial for catheters and prostheses
7. Core-shell nanomaterials for infection and cancer therapy
8. On-demand tailored mesoporous silica nanoparticles as a theranostic platform for tumor therapy
9. Applications of Fe3O4 magnetic-fluorescent nanoparticles in modern biomedical engineering
10. Gene therapy: recent progress and perspectives
11. Development of plasmid DNA nanoparticles for mitochondrial gene therapy
12. Mechanical performance of lithium disilicate: update on the latest experimental results
13. Polysaccharide-based hydrogels for targeted drug delivery
14. Metallic nanoparticles as a strategy for the treatment of infectious diseases
15. Nanomaterials for medical applications and their antimicrobial advantages