Description |
xix, 408 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
Series |
Nanotechnologies for the life sciences ; v. 2 |
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Nanotechnologies for the life sciences ; v. 2
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Contents |
I. DNA-based nanomaterials -- 1. Self-assembled DNA nanotubes / Thom LaBean and Sung Ho Park -- 2. Nucleic acid nanoparticles / Guy Zuber, Benedicte Pons and Andrew W. Fraley -- 3. Lipoplexes / Sarah Weisman -- 4. DNA-chitosan nanoparticles for gene therapy : current knowledge and future trends / Julio C. Fernandes, Marcio Jose Tiera and Francoise M. Winnik -- II. Protein & peptide-based nanomaterials -- 5. Plant protein-based nanoparticles / Anne-Marie Orecchinoi, Cecile Duclairoir, Juan Manuel Irache and Evelyne Nakache -- 6. Peptide nanoparticles / Klaus Langer -- 7. Albumin nanoparticles / Juan Manuel Irache and Socorro Espuelas -- 8. Nanoscale patterning of S-layer proteins as a natural self-assembly system / Margit Sara, D. Pum, C. Huber, N. Ilk, M. Pleschberger and U. B. Sleytr -- III. Pharmaceutically important nanomaterials -- 9. Methods of preparation of drug nanoparticles / Jonghwei Lee, Gio-Bin Lim and Hesson Chung -- 10. Production of biofunctionalized solid lipid nanoparticles for site-specific drug delivery / Rainer H. Muller, Eliana B. Souto, Torsten Coppert and Sven Gohla -- 11. Biocompatible nanoparticulate systems for tumor diagnosis and therapy / Mostafa Sadoqi, Sunil Kumar, Cesar Lau-Cam and Vishal Saxena -- 12. Nanoparticles for crossing biological membranes / R. Pawar, A. Avramoff and A. J. Domb |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Nanostructured materials.
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Biomedical materials.
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Pharmaceutical biotechnology.
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Author |
Kumar, C. S. S. R. (Challa S. S. R.)
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LC no. |
2006482026 |
ISBN |
9783527313822 (hbk.) |
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3527313826 (hbk.) |
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