Nanotechnology in drug delivery / [edited by] Melgardt M. de Villiers, Pornanong Aramwit, Glen S. Kwon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

De Villiers, Melgardt M.

Aramwit, Pornanong

Kwon, Glen S.

Louis A. Duhring Fund.

Series:

Biotechnology (Arlington, Va.) ; v. 10.

Biotechnology (Arlington, Va.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug delivery systems.

Nanoparticles.

Drug Delivery Systems.

Medical Subjects:

Drug Delivery Systems.

Nanoparticles.

Physical Description:

xiii, 662 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Springer : AAPS Press, [2009]

Contents:

Part I Fundamentals of Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery

1 Physicochemical Principles of Nanosized Drug Delivery Systems / Daniel P. Otto, Melgardt M. de Villiers 3

2 Block Copolymer Synthesis for Nanoscale Drug and Gene Delivery / Motoi Oishi, Yukio Nagasaki 35

3 Supercritical Fluid Technology for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery / Mohammed J. Meziani, Pankaj Pathak, Ya-Ping Sun 69

4 Nanotubes, Nanorods, Nanofibers, and Fullerenes for Nanoscale Drug Delivery / Jessica B. Melanko, Megan E. Pearce, Aliasger K. Salem 105

5 Drug Loading into and In Vitro Release from Nanosized Drug Delivery Systems / Anja Judefeind, Melgardt M. de Villiers 129

6 Nanotechnology-Based Biosensors in Drug Delivery / Guigen Zhang 163

Part II Biopharmaceutical, Physiological, and Clinical Considerations for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery

7 Nanomaterials and Biocompatibility: BioMEMS and Dendrimers / Sean T. Zuckerman, Weiyuan John Kao 193

8 Nanomaterials and Biocompatibility: Carbon Nanotubes and Fullerenes / Sean T. Zuckerman, Weiyuan John Kao 229

9 Factors Controlling Pharmacokinetics of Intravenously Injected Nanoparticulate Systems / S. Moein Moghimi, Islam Hamad 267

10 Controlled Release and Nanotechnology / Tania Betancourt, Amber Doiron, Kimberly A. Homan, Lisa Brannon-Peppas 283

11 Nanotechnology for Intracellular Delivery and Targeting / Vladimir P. Torchilin 313

Part III Nanotechnology for the Delivery of Small Molecules, Proteins and Nucleic Acids

12 Nano-sized Advanced Delivery Systems as Parenteral Formulation Strategies for Hydrophobic Anti-cancer Drugs / Patrick Lim Soo, Michael Dunne, Jubo Liu, Christine Allen 349

13 Engineering of Amphiphilic Block Copolymers for Drug and Gene Delivery / Xiao-Bing Xiong, Hasan Uludag, Afsaneh Lavasanifar 385

14 PAMAM Dendrimers as Nanoscale Oral Drug Delivery Systems / Kelly M. Kitchens, Hamidreza Ghandehari 421

15 Nanoemulsions for Intravenous Drug Delivery / Jonathan P. Fast, Sandro Mecozzi 461

16 Nanotechnology for Cancer Chemotherapy / Alisar S. Zahr, Michael V. Pishko 491

17 Nanotechnology for Cancer Vaccine Delivery / Samar Hamdy, Aws Alshamsan, John Samuel 519

18 Stimuli-Sensitive Nanotechnology for Drug Delivery / Andre G. Skirtach, Oliver Kreft 545

Part IV A Look to the Future of Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery

19 Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery: Past, Present, and Future / Sungwon Kim, II Keun Kwon, Ick Chan Kwon, Kinam Park 581

20 Nanotechnology in Drug Development and Life Cycle Management / Shingai Majuru, Moses O. Oyewumi 597

21 Nanopharmaceuticals: Challenges and Regulatory Perspective / Rakhi B. Shah, Mansoor A. Khan 621.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis A. Duhring Fund.

ISBN:

9780387776675

0387776672

OCLC:

226281416