This book contains one of the fastes-growing fields of research across the globe. However, even the most promising technologies may never realize their full potential if public and political opinions are galvanized against them, a situation clearly evident in such controversial fields as cloning and stem cell research.
Biomedical Nanotechnology
Biomedical nanotechnology is one of the fastes-growing fields of research across the globe. However, even the most promising technologies may never realize their full potential if public and political opinions are galvanized against them, a situation clearly evident in such controversial fields as cloning and stem cell research. Biomedical Nanotechnology presents state-of-the-art research in the field and also considers the socio-political risks and perceptions of this important filed.
Contributed by prominent experts in this expansive and interdisciplinary field, Biomedical Nanotechnology examines developments in three sub-fields: nanodrugs and drug deliver; prostheses and implants; and diagnostics and screening nanotechnologies. The authors compare new capabilities introduced by nanotechnology to traditional methods of release, target and controlled drug delivery in the body. They also consider the challenge of understanding and controlling the biological processes involved upon implantation and discuss nanoscale sensors for biological chemical detection and biodefense. The book concludes with individual chapters devoted to the social and economic context of nanotechnologies and to their potential risks and possible solutions.
Contents :
Introduction
Converging Technologies: Nanotechnology and Biomedicine
Chapter 1
Trends in Biomedical Nanotechnology Programs Worldwide
Chapter 2
Nanotechnology and trends in drug delivery systems with self-assembled carriers
Chapter 3
Implants and Prosthese
Chapter 4
Diagnostics and High Throughput Screening
Chapter 5
Nano-Enabled Components and Systems for Biodefense4
Chapter 6
Social and Economic Contexts : Making choices in the development in Biomedical Nanotechnology
Chapter 7
Potential Risks and Remedies
Index
Author: H Nellina Malsch
ISBN: 0824725794
Pages: 226
Price: Rs.6209/-
Author | H Nellina Malsch |
Publisher | Ane |
Page count | 226 |