Advances in Material Design for Regenerative Medicine, Drug Delivery and Targeting/Imaging: Volume 1140

The MRS Symposium Proceeding series is an internationally recognised reference suitable for researchers and practitioners.

V. Prasad Shastri (Edited by), Ancreas Lendlein (Edited by), LinShu Liu (Edited by), Antonios Mikos (Edited by), Samir Mitragotri (Edited by)

9781605111124, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 17 August 2009

223 pages
23.5 x 16 x 2 cm, 0.5 kg

There has been recent emergence of some of the most exciting avenues for innovation in clinical medicine, with materials as their core - sustained drug delivery systems, gene therapy, regenerative therapies, and technologies for imaging and tumor targeting. Nanotechnology promises to take materials innovation to yet another level, through ground-up design of probes and systems that precisely deliver information to cells and tissues on demand. Combined with microfabrication technologies, these breakthroughs have the potential to revolutionize the detection and treatment of diseases and rectification of damaged tissue. Examples include lab-on-a-chip, pharmacy-on-a-chip and synthetic liver substitutes. This book features a cross-section of topics at the multifaceted intersection of materials science and medicine. Topics include: materials in regenerative medicine; macromolecular drug/lipid interaction; (nano)materials in drug delivery; hydrogels and material-tissue interactions; and synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials for biomedical applications.

Part I. Materials in Regenerative Medicine
Part II. Macromolecular Drug/Lipid Interaction
Part III. (Nano)materials in Drug Delivery
Part IV. Hydrogels and Material-tissue Interactions
Part V. Synthesis and Characterization of Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications
Author index
Subject index.

Subject Areas: Materials science [TGM]