Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery

Part I. Fundamentals of Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery

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

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

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

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

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

6. Nanotechnology-Based Biosensors in Drug Delivery
Guigen Zhang

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Keywords: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Biomedical TEC059000