Nanomedicine

This book is set to meet medical challenges such as early and effective diagnosis, high throughput drug discovery and targeted delivery, as well as modalities for organ and tissue replacement to better enable personalized medicines. This unique title aims to capture the broad nature of the field whi...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Howard, Kenneth A. (Editor), Vorup-Jensen, Thomas (Editor), Peer, Dan (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 2016, 2016
Edition:1st ed. 2016
Series:Advances in Delivery Science and Technology
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Nanomedicine: working towards defining the field
  • 2 Complement regulators and inhibitors in health and disease: A structural perspective
  • 3 The art of complement: complement sensing of nanoparticles and consequences
  • 4 The nanoscience of polyvalent binding by proteins in the immune response
  • 5 Microfluidics-based Single Cell Analytical Platforms for Characterization of Cancer
  • 6 Nanotheranostics and in-vivo imaging
  • 7 Targeting cancer using nanocarriers
  • 8 The importance of particle geometry in design of therapeutic and imaging nanovectors
  • 9 Delivery of peptides and proteins to the brain using nano-drug delivery systems and other formulations
  • 10 Polymer-based DNA delivery systems for cancer immunotherapy
  • 11 The use of silk in nanomedicine applications
  • 12 Nanotoxicology and regulatory affairs
  • 13 The application of nanotechnology for implant drug release
  • 14 Guided cellular responses by surface cues for nanomedicine applications