Nanomaterials and Nanosystems for Biomedical Applications

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mozafari, M. Reza (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Biotechnology.; Biomaterials.; Nanotechnology.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.

"Nanomaterials and Nanosystems for Biomedical Applications" brings together under a single cover various aspects of functional bioengineered materials and nanostructured biomaterials including commonly used implants and sustained release nanodevices. The book includes expert reviews on the...

Table of Contents:

• Micro and Nano Systems in Biomedicine and Drug Delivery
• New Lipid- and Glycolipid-Based Nanosystems for Targeted Gene Delivery: Cholenims, Glycoclips, Glycolipids and Chitosan
• Artificial Implants – New Developments and Associated Problems
• Niosomes as Nanocarrier Systems
• Starch – A Potential Biomaterial for Biomedical Applications
• Alternative Applications for Drug Delivery: Nasal and Pulmonary Routes
• An Overview of Liposome-Derived Nanocarrier Technologies
• Uptake Studies of Free and Liposomal Sclareol by Mcf-7 and H-460 Human Cancer Cell Lines
• Release Advantages of A Liposomal Dendrimer-Doxorubicin Complex, Over Conventional Liposomal Formulation of Doxorubicin
• Applications of Light and Electron Microscopic Techniques in Liposome Research.