| Posted: Sep 05, 2014 |
Nanotechnology and drug delivery: platforms |
| (Nanowerk News) Pharmacotherapy is often limited by the inefficient activity and severe toxicity of drug molecules. Nanotechnology offers a revolutionary and definitive approach for the efficient delivery of drug molecules to non-healthy tissues and cells. |
 This first volume of a series of two volumes – Nanotechnology and Drug Delivery, Volume One: Nanoplatforms in Drug Delivery  – analyzes the basics in the development of drug-loaded nanoplatforms, the so-called nanomedicines.Special attention is given to physicochemical engineering, pharmacokinetics, biocompatibility and biodegradability, representative nanoplatforms (based on lipids, polymers, cyclodextrins, metals, carbon, silica, iron oxides, etc.), and advanced nano-engineering strategies for passive, ligand-mediated, and/or stimuli-sensitive drug delivery and release. Table of Contents Prologue - José L. Arias Key Aspects in Nanotechnology and Drug Delivery - José L. Arias |
| Drug Delivery and Release from Polymeric Nanomaterials - Cornelia Vasile, Ana Maria Oprea, Manuela Tatiana Nistor and Anca-Maria Cojocariu |
| Nano-Sized Polymeric Drug Carrier Systems - Cornelia Vasile, Manuela Tatiana Nistor and Anca-Maria Cojocariu |
| Reversible Cross-Linked Polymeric Nanoplatform in Drug Delivery - Yuanpei Li, Kai Xiao and Kit S. Lam |
| Cyclodextrins in Drug Delivery - Nazli Erdogar and Erem Bilensoy |
| Drug Delivery Systems Based on Tyrosine-derived Nanospheres (TyroSpheres™) - Zheng Zhang, Tannaz Ramezanli, Pei-Chin Tsai and Bozena B. Michniak-Kohn |
| Carbon Nanotubes for Drug Delivery Applications - Yitzhak Rosen and Pablo Gurman |
| Metallic Nanoparticulate Drug Delivery Systems - Varsha B. Pokharkar, Vividha V. Dhapte and Shivajirao S. Kadam |
| Porous Silica Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery and Controlled Release - Xiaoxing Sun and Brian G. Trewyn |
| Iron Oxides in Drug Delivery - Fahima Dilnawaz and Sanjeeb Kumar Sahoo |
| Nanoengineered Magnetic Field-Induced Targeted Drug Delivery System with Stimuli Responsive Release - R. Devesh K. Misra |
| Source: CRC Press |
