Paras N. Prasad

Nanomedicine

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is an introduction to the emerging field of nanomedicineand its applications to health care. It describes the manymultidisciplinary challenges facing nanomedicine and discusses therequired collaboration between chemists, physicists, engineers andclinicians. The book introduces the reader to nanomedicine s vastpotential to improve and extend human life through the applicationof nanomaterials in diagnosis and treatment of disease.

Produktdetails

• Wiley Series in Biomedical Engineering and Multi-Disciplinary Integrated Systems .1
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1W118093430
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 608
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 1070g
• ISBN-13: 9781118093436
• ISBN-10: 1118093437
• Artikelnr.: 34823943

Autorenporträt

PARAS N. PRASAD, PHD, is the SUNY Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Physics, Electrical Engineering, and Medicine; the Samuel P. Capen Chair of Chemistry; and the Executive Director of the Institute for Lasers, Photonics, and Biophotonics at the University at Buffalo. He was named among the top 50 science and technology leaders in the world by Scientific American in 2005. He has published 700 scientific and technical papers in high-impact journals, three monographs that practically defined the fields of organic nonlinear optics, biophotonics, and nanophotonics, eight edited books, and holds numerous patents. He is the recipient of many scientific awards and honors (Morley Medal; Schoellkopf Medal; Guggenheim Fellowship; Sloan Fellowship; Western New York Health Care Industries Technology/Discovery Award; Fellow of the APS, OSA, and SPIE). He is a pioneer in nanomedicine and nanobioengineering, and has been giving plenary, opening, and keynote lectures worldwide in this field.

Inhaltsangabe

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 5.1. The Various Functionalities 104 5.2.
Optical Functionalities 105 5.3. Optical Nanoprobes 110 5.4. Magnetic
Functionality 116 5.5. Thermal Functionality 120 5.6. Radioactive
Functionality 121 5.7. Biological Functionality 124 5.8. Multifunctionality
125 6 CROSSING THE BIOLOGICAL BARRIERS 135 6.1. Various Delivery Pathways
135 6.2. Various Biological Barriers 137 6.3. Stealth Nanoparticles 140
6.4. The Various In Vitro Barrier Models 141 7 BIOTARGETING 149 7.1.
Biotargeting: Why We Need It 149 7.2. Targeted Biological Sites 150 7.3.
Intracellular Uptake 151 7.4. Targeting Strategies 153 7.5. Targeting
Groups 155 8 MULTIMODAL BIOMEDICAL IMAGING 163 8.1. Biomedical Imaging
Techniques 164 8.2. Optical Bioimaging 170 8.3. Magnetic Resonance Imaging
185 8.4. X-Ray CT Imaging 188 8.5. Radio Imaging 190 8.6. Ultrasound
Imaging 190 8.7. Photoacoustic Imaging 191 8.8. Multimodal Imaging 192 9
BIOSENSING 207 9.1. Principles of Biosensing 208 9.2. Optical Biosensors
211 9.3. Magnetic Biosensors 228 9.4. Electrical Biosensing 234 9.5.
Electrochemical Biosensing 236 9.6. Electrochemiluminescence Biosensing 238
9.7. In Vivo Bioelectronic Sensors 239 10 HIGH-THROUGHPUT MULTIPLEXED
DIAGNOSTICS 253 10.1. Comprehensive Diagnostic Strategy 254 10.2. Flow
Cytometry 255 10.3. Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) 264 10.4.
Microarrays Technology 269 10.5. Suspension Bead Assay 277 11
NANOPHARMACOTHERAPY 291 11.1. Nanopharmacotherapy: An Overview 292 11.2.
Modes of Nanoformulation for Nanopharmacotherapy 294 11.3. Pharmacokinetics
296 11.4. Biodistribution 297 11.5. Pharmacodynamics 298 11.6. Controlled
Release by External Activation 299 12 THE HUMAN CIRCULATORY SYSTEM AND
THERANOSTICS 305 12.1. Blood Fluidics and Cardiovascular System 306 12.2.
Circulatory-System-Based Disease Profiling 309 12.3. Methods to Monitor
Blood Flow 312 12.4. Therapeutic Approaches Utilizing Manipulation of Blood
Flow 318 12.5. Lymph Node Mapping 320 12.6. Lymphatic Drug Delivery 322 13
NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR CANCER 331 13.1. Benefits of Cancer Nanotechnology 332
13.2. Chemotherapy 335 13.3. Cancer Gene Therapy 339 13.4. Photodynamic
Therapy 340 13.5. Magnetic Therapy 349 13.6. Photothermal Therapy 353 13.7.
Neutron Capture Therapy 357 13.8. Circulating Tumor Cells 359 13.9. NCI
Alliance for Cancer Nanotechnology 360 14 GENE THERAPY 371 14.1. The
Principles, Steps, and Impact of Gene Therapy 372 14.2. Methods of Gene
Delivery 374 14.3. Gene Augmentation Therapy 381 14.4. Gene Silencing
Therapy 381 14.5. Indirect Gene Therapy Modulating Innate Immune Response
384 14.6. Transmucosal Gene Delivery 385 15 NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR INFECTIOUS
DISEASES 393 15.1. Pathogen Infections and Nanoparticle-Based Approaches
394 15.2. HIV 401 15.3. Influenza 408 15.4. Tuberculosis 410 15.5. Malaria
416 16 REJUVENATION THERAPY 433 16.1. Rejuvenation Therapy: Fantasy or
Reality? 433 16.2. Free Radical Scavenging 436 16.3. Chelation Therapy 439
16.4. Hormone Therapy 441 17 STEM CELL BIOTECHNOLOGY 447 17.1. Stem Cell
Biotechnology: Overview 448 17.2. Cell Reprogramming 449 17.3. Gene
Transfection 452 17.4. Somatic Cell Transdifferentiation 453 17.5. Stem
Cell Sorting 454 17.6. Stem Cell Tracking 454 18 TISSUE ENGINEERING 461
18.1. Tissue Engineering: Overview 462 18.2. Tissue Regeneration 464 18.3.
Nanotechnology in Tissue Engineering 467 18.4. Nanofibers for Tissue
Engineering 472 18.5. Nanoparticle Delivery of Biomolecules 473 18.6.
Magnetically Assisted Tissue Engineering 474 18.7. Tissue/Organ Printing
475 18.8. Tissue Bonding 477 19 NANODERMATOLOGY AND NANOCOSMETICS 487 19.1.
Delivery Through Skin 487 19.2. Skin Care and Nanotechnology 488 19.3.
Various Nanoparticles for Dermatology and Cosmetics 491 19.4.
Nanodermatology 492 19.5. Nanocosmetics 494 19.6. Nanotoxicology of the
Skin 497 20 NANODENTISTRY 503 20.1. Nanotechnology for Dental Care 504
20.2. Nanoparticles for Preventive Dentistry 507 20.3. Nanomaterials for
Restorative Dentistry 509 20.4. Regenerative Dentistry 516 20.5.
Nanoparticle-Enhanced Dental Imaging and Oral Diagnostics 519 20.6.
Nanorobotics for Dentistry 522 21 NANOTOXICITY 529 21.1. Toxicity of
Nanoparticles 529 21.2. Cytotoxicity 533 21.3. In Vitro Cytotoxicity Assays
535 21.4. In Vivo Toxicity 539 21.5. In Vivo Toxicity Evaluation 542 21.6.
Nanotoxicity Studies on Selected Nanoparticles 542 Highlights of the
Chapter 547 Exercises 550 References 551 INDEX 555