Editor: Mark Slevin

Current Advances in the Medical Application of Nanotechnology

eBook: US $29 Special Offer (PDF + Printed Copy): US $133
Printed Copy: US $118
Library License: US $116
ISBN: 978-1-60805-535-7 (Print)
ISBN: 978-1-60805-131-1 (Online)
Year of Publication: 2012
DOI: 10.2174/97816080513111120101

Introduction

Nanotechnology promises new medical therapies, more rapid and sensitive diagnostic and investigative tools for normal and diseased tissues, and new materials for tissue engineering. This e-book highlights the major current uses, new technologies and future perspectives of nanotechnology in relation to medical applications. Sections in this e-book include nanobiological approaches to imaging, diagnosis and treatment of disease using targeted monoclonal antibodies and siRNA, the medical use of nanomaterials, to nanoelectronic biosensors, and possible future applications of molecular nanotechnology for cell repair. The book also covers current problems associated with nanotechnology, including an understanding of issues related to toxicity and the environmental impact of nanoscale materials. The book should be of interest to biomedical technologists, medical doctors and students of taught courses in nanotechnology at both undergraduate and post-graduate (MSc) levels.

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Contributors

Editor(s):
Mark Slevin
Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester
UK




Contributor(s):
Mark Slevin
Cell Pathology, School of Biology
Chemistry and Health Science, Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester
UK
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ICCC Professor of Clinical Biomedicine
St Pau Hospital
Barcelona
Spain


Hemant Sarin
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda
USA


Valerie Edwards Jones
Research Development, Research, Enterprise & Development
Manchester Metropolitan University
UK


Garry McDowell
Edge Hill University
UK


Dong Moon Shin
Emory Winship Cancer Institute, Hematology and Oncology, and Otolaryngology
Academic Development for Emory Winship Cancer Institute and Director of the Emory Winship Cancer Chemoprevention Program
Atlanta
U.S.A


Debatosh Majumdar
Emory University Winship Cancer Research Institute and Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence,
Atlanta
U.S.A


Xiang-Hong Peng
Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry
Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta
U.S.A


May Azzawi
School of Biology, Chemistry and Health Science
Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester
UK


Sylvain Martel
École Polytechnique de Montréal (EPM) Campus of the University of Montréal
Montréal (Québec)
Canada


Kristen M. Jaruszewski
Division of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences
Florida A&M University
Tallahassee
FL , 32307
U.S.A


Rajesh S. Omtri
Division of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences
Florida A&M University
Tallahassee
FL , 32307
U.S.A


Karunya K. Kandimalla
Division of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences
Florida A&M University
Tallahassee
FL , 32307
U.S.A




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