1. Edition - January 2007
155.- Euro
2007. XXX, 727 Pages, Hardcover
171 Fig. (38 Colored Fig.), 18 Tab. 
- Practical Approach Book -
ISBN-10: 3-527-31390-7
ISBN-13: 978-3-527-31390-7 - Wiley-VCH, Weinheim







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Detailed description
Following an overview of nanotechnologies for diagnostic purposes, this book goes on to look at nanoparticle-based magnetic resonance, molecular and other imaging applications, as well as the potential roles of carbon nanotubes and bionanoparticles in biomedical applications. The book's main focus is on drug delivery systems based on nonporous and nanosize materials, solid lipid and polymeric nanoparticles, intelligent hydrogels, core-shell nanoparticles, and nanocapsules, rounded off by a discussion of their biomedical applications. The final part of this volume covers such biomedical strategies as gene therapy, synthetic gene-transfer vectors and targeted delivery.

From the contents
Chapter 1: Nanotechnologies for Diagnosis - Present and Future
Chapter 2: Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles of Iron Oxides for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Applications
Chapter 3: Carbon Nanotube-based Vectors for Delivering Immunotherapeutics and Drugs
Chapter 4: Core-Shell Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery and Molecular Imaging
Chapter 5: Nanotechnologies for Targeted Delivery of Drugs
Chapter 6: Nanoporous and Nanosize Materials for Drug Delivery Systems
Chapter 7: NANOEGGTM Technology for Drug Delivery
Chapter 8: Polymeric Nanomaterials - Synthesis, Functionalization and Applications in Diagnosis and Therapy
Chapter 9: Polymeric Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery
Chapter 10: Solid Lipid and Polymeric Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery
Chapter 11: Intelligent Hydrogels in Nanoscale Sensing and Drug Delivery Applications
Chapter 12: Nanoshells for Drug Delivery
Chapter 13: Bionanoparticles and their Biomedical Applications
Chapter 14: Nanotechnology for Gene Therapy - HVJ-E Vector
Chapter 15: Nanotoxicology of Synthetic Gene Transfer Vectors: Poly(ethyleneimine)- and Polyfectin-mediated Membrane Damage and Apoptosis in Human Cell Lines
Chapter 16: Nanoparticles for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease: Theoretical Rationale, Present Status and Future Perspectives