Nanotechnology in Health Care

Buch | Hardcover

348 Seiten

2012
Pan Stanford Publishing Pte Ltd (Verlag)
978-981-4267-21-2 (ISBN)

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Nanomedicine, the application of nanotechnology to health, raises high expectations for millions of patients for better, more efficient and affordable healthcare and has the potential of delivering promising solutions to many illnesses. This book focuses on the broad area of application of Nanotechnology in Human health.

Nanotechnologies are among the fastest growing areas of scientific research, and this is expected to have a substantial impact on human health care, especially in biomedical applications and nanomedicine now and in the near future. In the present scenario, nanotechnology is spreading its wings to address the key problems in the field of nanomedicine and human health care by improving diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and tissue engineering. This book provides an in-depth investigation of nanotechnology-based therapy and recent advancements in this field for revolutionizing the treatments for various fatal diseases, including cardiovascular and infectious diseases.

Sanjeeb Sahoo is a scientist at the Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India. He is one of the first inventors of India whose nanotechnology based patented formulation on anticancer drug (taxol) delivery has been purchased by an Indian Pharmaceutical industry and very soon it will be in the market.

Nanomedicine: Emerging Field of Nanotechnology to Human Health. Nanomedicines: Impacts in Ocular Delivery and Targeting. Immuno-Nanosystems to CNS Pathologies: State of the Art. PEGylated Zinc Protoporphyrin: A Micelle-Forming Polymeric Drug for Cancer Therapy. ORMOSIL Nanoparticles: Nanomedicine Approach for Drug/Gene Delivery to the Brain. Magnetic Nanoparticles: A Versatile System for Therapeutic and Imaging System. Nanobiotechnology: A New Generation of Biomedicine. Application of Nanotechnology-Based Drug Delivery and Targeting to Lungs. Aptamers and Nanomedicine in Cancer. Nanotechnology for Regenerative Medicine.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.11.2012
Zusatzinfo	6 Illustrations, color; 29 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	720 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Studium
	Technik ► Medizintechnik
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10	981-4267-21-X / 981426721X
ISBN-13	978-981-4267-21-2 / 9789814267212
Zustand	Neuware