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Short description This book is an introduction to the emerging field of nanomedicine and its applications to health care. It describes the many multidisciplinary challenges facing nanomedicine and discusses the required collaboration between chemists, physicists, engineers and clinicians. The book introduces the reader to nanomedicine's vast potential to improve and extend human life through the application of nanomaterials in diagnosis and treatment of disease.
From the contents PREFACE xiii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1. Nanomedicine: A Global Vision 1
1.2. The Nanotechnology Revolution: Realization of Asimov's Fiction 3
1.3. Nanomedicine: A New Era in Personalized Medicine 7
1.4. Nanomedicine: A Promise or Reality? 9
1.5. A New Frontier: Multidisciplinary Challenges and Opportunities 10
1.6. Scope of the Book: Multidisciplinary Education, Training, and Research 12
2 THE HUMAN BODY 15
2.1. Introductory Concepts 16
2.2. Cellular Structure 18
2.3. Various Types of Cells 23
2.4. Biochemical Makeup of Cells 25
2.5. Other Important Cellular Components 29
2.6. Cellular Processes 30
2.7. Organization of Cells into Tissues 37
2.8. Types of Tissues and Their Functions 39
2.9. Various Organs and Organ Systems in the Body 40
2.10. Tumors and Cancers 45
3 NANOCARRIERS 51
3.1. Nanocarriers: Delivering Payloads to Needed Sites 52
3.2. The Various Nanoformulations for Nanomedicine 53
3.3. Viruses as Nanocarriers 55
3.4. Polymeric Nanocarriers 56
3.5. Lipid-Based Nanocarriers 58
3.6. Dendrimers 59
3.7. Carbon Nanostructures 61
3.8. Inorganic Nanoparticles 63
3.9. PEBBLE 65
3.10. Nanoclinics 66
3.11. Nanoplexes 68
3.12. New-Generation Nanocarriers 69
4 NANOCHEMISTRY OF NANOCARRIERS 77
4.1. Nanochemistry and Nanomedicine 78
4.2. Top-Down Approaches 78
4.3. Bottom-Up Approaches 83
4.4. Combination of Bottom-Up and Top-Down Approaches 92
4.5. Nanoparticle Surface Modification 93
4.6. Functionalization and Bioconjugation 95
5 MULTIFUNCTIONALITIES FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND THERAPY 103