Nanomedicine: Cancer, Diabetes, and Cardiovascular, Central Nervous System, Pulmonary and Inflammatory Diseases

by Nejat Duzgunes (Editor)

Overview

This volume in the Methods in Enzymology series comprehensively covers Cancer, Cardiovascular and the central nervous system of Nanomedicine. With an international board of authors, this volume is split into sections that cover subjects such as Diabetes and nanotechnology as potential therapy, Nanomedicines for inflammatory diseases, and Development and use of ceramide nanoliposomes in cancer. - Comprehensively covers cancer and the cardiovascular and central nervous systems of nanomedicine - An international board of authors - Split into sections that cover subjects such as diabetes and nanotechnology as potential therapy, nanomedicines for inflammatory diseases, and the development and use of ceramide nanoliposomes in cancer

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780123918710
Publisher:	Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Publication date:	05/01/2012
Series:	Methods in Enzymology , #508
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	486
File size:	9 MB

Table of Contents

- Preparation, characterization, and cellular associations of silicon logic-embedded vectors - Post-formulation peptide drug loading of nanostructures - Application of mesoporous silica nanoparticles in intracellular drug delivery - Multifunctional anticancer nanomedicine based on a magnetically responsive cyanoacrylate polymer - Development and Use of Ceramide Nanoliposomes in Cancer - Multistage nanoparticles for improved delivery into tumor tissue - Mitochondria-specific Nanocarriers for Improving the Pro-apoptotic Activity of Small Molecules - Targeting of tumor endothelium by RGD-grafted PLGA-nanoparticles - Peptide nanofiber scaffold for brain tissue reconstruction - Detection and Treatment of Intravascular Thrombi with Magnetofluorescent Nanoparticles - Imaging the efficacy of anti-inflammatory liposomes in a rabbit model of atherosclerosis by non-invasive imaging - Lipid Nanoparticles For Drug Targeting To The Brain - Transport Of A Caspase Inhibitor Across The Blood Brain Barrier By Chitosan Nanoparticles - Nanotechnology As A Promising Strategy For Alternative Routes Of Insulin Delivery - Chitosan-coated solid lipid nanoparticles for insulin delivery - Peptide nanomedicines for treatment of acute lung injury - Nanoparticle-mediated treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension - Nanomedicines for Inflammatory Diseases - Polymeric nanoparticles for the selective therapy of inflammatory bowel disease

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This volume in the Methods in Enzymology series comprehensively covers cancer and the cardiovascular and central nervous systems of nanomedicine.