Nanomedicine: Infectious Diseases, Immunotherapy, Diagnostics, Antifibrotics, Toxicology and Gene Medicine Volume 509

ISBN-13: 9780123918581 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 470 str.

Nejat Duzgunes

Opis

This volume in the Methods in Enzymology series comprehensively covers Infectious Diseases, Immunotheraphy, Gene Medicine, Diagnostics and Toxicology of Nanomedicine. With an international board of authors, this volume is split into sections that cover subjects such as Nanomedicines in Immunotherapy, Nanomedicine toxicity, and Diagnostic Nanomedicine.

• Comprehensively covers infectious diseases, immunotherapy, gene medicine, diagnostics, and toxicology of nanomedicine
• International board of authors
• Split into sections that cover subjects such as Nanomedicines in Immunotherapy, Nanomedicine Toxicity, and Diagnostic Nanomedicine

Spis treści

Antiviral Nanomedicines

1. Enhanced antiviral activity of acyclovir loaded into nanoparticles
2. Gold manno-Glyconanoparticles for Intervening in HIV gp120 Carbohydrate-Mediated Processes
3. Nanoparticle mediated targeted delivery of antiretrovirals to the brain

Antibacterial Nanomedicines

4. Antibacterial activity of doxycycline-loaded nanoparticles
5. Antimicrobial properties of electrically formed elastomeric polyurethane-copper oxide nanocomposites for medical and dental applications

Nanomedicines in Immunotherapy

6. Gastrointestinal delivery of anti-inflammatory nanoparticles
7. Chitosan-based nanoparticles as a Hepatitis B antigen delivery system
8. Targeting nanoparticles to dendritic cells for immunotherapy

Diagnostic Nanomedicine

9. Design and fabrication of N-Alkyl-polyethylenimine stabilized iron oxide nanoclusters for gene delivery
10. Protein-Carbon Nanotube Sensors: Single Platform Integrated Micro Clinical Lab for Monitoring Blood Analytes

Nanomedicine Toxicity

11. Investigating the toxic effects of iron oxide nanoparticles
12. Cytotoxicity of Gold Nanoparticles

Antifibrotic Nanomedicine

13. Design of target-seeking antifibrotic compounds

Genetic Nanomedicine

14. Cell-penetrating peptide-based systems for nucleic acid delivery: A biological and biophysical approach
15. Multifunctional envelope-type nano-device (MEND) for organelle targeting via a step-wise membrane fusion process
16. Lipopolyplexes as nanomedicines for therapeutic gene delivery
17. Interfering nanoparticles (iNOPs) for silencing microRNAs
18. Genetic Nanomedicine: Gene Delivery by Targeted Lipoplexes