Horizons in clinical nanomedicine / / edited by Varvara Karagkiozaki, Stergios Logothetidis

• Pubblicazione: Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press : , : Pan Stanford Publishing, , [2014]; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (364 p.)
• Disciplina: 610.28
• Soggetto topico: Nanomedicine; Nanostructured materials - Toxicology
• Persona (resp. second.): KaragkiozakiVarvara; LogothetidisStergios
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction in Clinical Nanomedicine; Chapter 2: Nanomedicine Combats Atherosclerosis; Chapter 3: Nanomedicine Advancements in Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment; Chapter 4: Nanomedicine and Blood Diseases; Chapter 5: Nanomedicine and Orthopaedics; Chapter 6: Nanopharmaceutics: Structural Design of Cationic Gemini Surfactant-Phospholipid-DNA Nanoparticles for Gene Delivery; Chapter 7: Nanomedicine and Embryology: Causative Embryotoxic Agents Which Can Pass the Placenta Barrier and Induce Birth Defects; Chapter 8: Nanomedicine and HIV/AIDS ; Chapter 9: Nanoscaffolds and Other Nano-Architectures for Tissue Engineering-Related ApplicationsChapter 10: Biocompatible 2D and 3D Polymeric Scaffolds for Medical Devices; Chapter 11: Regenerative Dentistry: Stem Cells Meet Nanotechnology; Chapter 12: Toxicity and Genotoxicity of Metal and Metal Oxide Nanomaterials: A General Introduction; Chapter 13: Analogies in the Adverse Immune Effects of Wear Particles, Environmental Particles, and Medicinal Nanoparticles
• Sommario/riassunto: Nanomedicine-the application of nanotechnology to health sciences-has the potential to address many important medical problems by exploiting the advanced physicochemical characteristics of nanostructured materials and devices. It can revolutionize conventional medicine by offering cutting-edge developments in the processes of diagnosing, treating, and preventing diseases, injuries, or genetic disorders. Thus, clinical nanomedicine holds promise to preserve and improve human health.This book provides a comprehensive overview on the forefront developments of nanotechnology in various domains of
• Titolo autorizzato: Horizons in clinical nanomedicine
• ISBN: 0-429-07371-2; 981-4411-56-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910800197603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II