Biomedical Applications of Nanotechnology (eBook)

Vinod Labhasetwar, PHD, is a Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Lerner Research Institute at the Cleveland Clinic, where he leads the Cancer NanoMedicine Program, a collaborative effort jointly sponsored by the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the clinic's Taussig Cancer Center. Dr. Labhasetwar's research interest is in translational nanomedicine. His laboratory investigates various nanosystems for drug/gene delivery in cancer therapy, stroke, cardiovascular conditions, and other age-related disorders. In addition, his group investigates magnetic nanoparticles for imaging applications. Dr. Labhasetwar has published over one hundred peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. He has several U.S. and foreign patents on drug delivery. Diandra L. Leslie-Pelecky, PHD, is Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy and a member of the Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. She works with nanostructured magnetic materials having applications in biomedicine, magnetic recording, and permanent magnets, as well as with fundamental understanding of disordered magnetic systems. She has forty peer-reviewed articles and book chapters.

Preface.

Contributors.

1. Biological Applications of Multifunctional Magnetic
Nanowires.

2. Nucleic Acid Delivery and Localizing Delivery with Magnetic
Nanoparticles.

3. Magnetic Nanoparticles in Cancer Diagnosis and Hyperthermic
Treatment.

4. Brownian Motion In Biological Sensing.

5. Dendrimers And Hyperbranched Polymers For Drug Delivery.

6. Nanogels: Chemistry to Drug Delivery.

7. Targeted Gold Nanoparticles for Imaging and Therapy.

8. Building Blocks of Nucleic Acid Nanostructures: Unfolding
Thermodynamics of Intramolecular DNA Complexes.

9. Nanotoxicology.

Index.

About the Editors.

"This volume highlights a number of approaches toward using
nanotechnology for drug delivery, imaging, and therapeutic
applications." (The Quarterly Review of Biology, March
2009)

"[A] well-produced book, easy to find your way around ...
.Each chapter is accompanied by a detailed list of references that
includes both popular science journals and the more specialised
research literature." (Chemistry and Industry, November
2008)