Handbook of Materials for Nanomedicine
edited by Vladimir Torchilin & Mansoor M Amiji (Northeastern University,
USA)
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First comprehensive reference on the materials used in nanomedicine for drug delivery
purposes
Presents complete coverage about inorganic materials to be used as drug carriers
All chapters in this book are written by number ones experts in each particular field of
research
Reviews
“This handbook of nanomaterials is a comprehensive collection of well-written chapters on
nanoparticle technologies used for medical applications of all kinds. All in all, it will be a very
valuable reference book for biomaterials scientists and medical researchers involved in the
many different facets of therapeutics, diagnostics and imaging for medical applications.”
Prof. Allan S. Hoffman (University of Washington, USA)
“The clear organization into crisp chapters makes the book a rich source of references. The book
provides professionals and newcomers entering the nanomedicine world with deep
understanding of the current problems and presents fascinating highlights in the context of
future applications in practical medicine.”
Prof. Julia Y. Ljubimova (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, USA)
Description
978-981-4267-55-7 (Hardback)
978-981-4267-58-8 (eBook)
Cloth, 868 pages
September 2010
US$399.95
The fast developing field of nanomedicine uses a broad variety of materials to serve as delivery
systems for drugs, genes, and diagnostic agents. This book aims to collate all major available
information about these materials, both still on experimental levels and already applied in
patients. In addition, described in detail are the advantages and disadvantages of different
material in nanomedicine and the area of applications where these materials could be utilized
with a maximal success is suggested. Editors and individual authors of this book are
internationally recognized authorities in related areas and thus provide the most balanced and
up-to-date views.
Contents
Organic Nanostructures • Polymeric Nanostructures • Lipid-Based and Other Organic
Structures • Inorganic Nanostructures • Metal Structures • Miscellaneous Inorganic Structures
• and other topics
Readership
About the Editors
Subject Areas
At just sixteen years old, Vladimir P. Torchilin so impressed
officials at the world-renowned Moscow State University that
they admitted him a full two years early to one of the most
academically rigorous science programs in the world. He did not
disappoint. An ambitious young scientist, Torchilin had earned
an M.S. in polymer science by age twenty-two and a PhD in
chemical kinetics and catalysis by age twenty-five, when he
joined the faculty at Moscow State University as a junior
scientist. He was one of the youngest scientists ever to receive
the doctor of science degree in chemistry and to win the Lenin prize, the highest scientific
award in the former Soviet Union. Nearly three decades and several prestigious appointments
later, Torchilin, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at
Northeastern's Bouvé College of Health Sciences.
Scientists of all levels from both academia and industry
working in the areas of nanomedicine, biocompatible
materials, drug delivery, dosage forms, and experimental
pharmaceutics are potential readers of this book. It will
also fit the needs of graduate students in areas of
nanomedicine, drug delivery, dosage forms, etc.
Nanomedicine, Materials Science, Bioengineering,
Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Chemistry.
Series
This title is Volume 1 of the Pan Stanford Series on
Biomedical Nanotechnology.
How to Order
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Mansoor M. Amiji is a Professor and Associate Department
Chairman in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School
of Pharmacy, Bouve College of Health Sciences at Northeastern
University in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Amiji received his
undergraduate degree in pharmacy (magna cum laude) from
Northeastern University in the 1988 and a doctoral degree in
pharmaceutics from Purdue University.
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