Main description:

This book focuses on the recent advances in nanomedicine and tissue engineering. It outlines the basic tools and novel approaches that are becoming available in nanomedicine and tissue engineering and considers the full range of nanomedical applications which employ molecular nanotechnology inside the human body, from the perspective of a future practitioner in an era of widely available nanomedicine.

Topics include:

Health benefits of phytochemicals and application of superparamagnetic nanoparticles for hyperthermia

Silver nanoparticles in nanomedicine

Optical diagnostic of molecules and cells using nanotechnology

Nanoparticulate drug delivery system for antiviral drugs

Liposomal drug delivery systems, nanoemulsifying drug delivery system (SNEDS)

Functionalization of tissue engineering scaffolds

Induction of angiogenesis in scaffolds

Many other recent achievements

Written by some of the most innovative minds in medicine and tissue engineering, this book considers the full range of nanomedical applications which employ molecular nanotechnology inside the human body and will help professionals understand cutting-edge and futuristic areas of nanomedicine and tissue engineering research. Readers will find insightful discussions on nanostructured intelligent materials and devices that are considered technically feasible and that have a high potential to produce advances in medicine in the near future.

Contents:

Preface. Nanomedicine: From Concept to Reality. Tissue Engineering: Principles, Recent Trends and the Future. Tailored Heating Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles for Hyperthermia Applications. Silver Nanoparticles: Newly Emerging Antimicrobials in the 21st Century. Tailoring Plasmon Resonances in Metal Nanospheres for Optical Diagnostics of Molecules and Cells. Recent Advances in Nanoparticulate Drug Delivery System for Antiviral Drugs. Triggerable Liposomes: Newer Approach in Cytoplasmic Drug Delivery. P-gp Inhibitors: A Potential Tool to Overcome Drug Resistance in Cancer Chemotherapy. Formulation and Evaluation of Self-Nanoemulsifying Drug Delivery System (SNEDDS) for Oral Delivery of Ketoconazole. Recent Advances in the Application of Biopolymer Scaffolds for 3D Culture Of Cells. Electrospun Matrices for Biomedical Applications: Recent Advances. Functionalization of Scaffolds with Biomolecules for Various Types of Tissue Engineering Applications. Anti Microbial Nano Materials for Wound Dressings. Cutaneous Wound Care: Grafts to Tissue Engineered Skin Substitutes. Index.