Pharmacy & Drugs / Nanotechnology
Nanobiomedicine Vol. 4: Nanostructured Drug Delivery
Description
Research in the realm of nanotechnology-facilitated drug delivery has witnessed spectacular advancements in the recent years owing to their unlimited potential in overcoming the inadequacies of conventional drugs and drug delivery systems. Focused on nanostructures, this volume is a testament to the current state-of-the-art techniques for development of drug delivery systems to treat chronic and life-threatening diseases requiring administration of frequent and/or high dose of drugs. With contributions from experts across the world in the field of nanotechnology, the book imbibes recent trends and improvements in drug delivery, achieved using nanostructures. The book brings forth multi-dimensional aspects, challenges and most recent advances in utilizing the nanostructures for applications in drug delivery. The book spans to cover the entire scenario of carriers, right from their designing using QbD to their applications in fields, as diverse as dermal and ocular delivery, for diseases as varied as cancer and tuberculosis, and with features as specific as targetibility and suitability for gene therapy. Several nanostructured drug carriers including nanoparticles (both organic and inorganic), nanosuspensions, nanoemulsions, liposomes, nanomicelles, dendrimers, niosomes, cubosomes, organogels, nanogels, carbon nanotubes and aquasomes, have been brought forward in the discussion. Through this book, the editors and authors have made the sincerest efforts to bridge the gap between nanotechnology and medicine, and integrate a broad base of knowledge from a wide spectrum of areas to present the basic fundamentals and on newer applications of nanostructured products in medicine.
Table of Contents
Foreword to the Series; Foreword to the Volume; Editorial Members; About the Editors; List of Contributors; About the Series; Preface; Quality by Design (QbD) in the Development of Nanostructured Drug Delivery Systems (TURKEY, INDIA); Receptor-Mediated Targeting and their Intracellular Trafficking Pathway: Importance in Drug Delivery (INDIA); Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes and their Drug Delivery Applications (INDIA); Novel and Nanostructured Drug Delivery Strategies for Enhancing Bioavailability of BCS Class III Drugs (INDIA, USA); Nanoscale-Based Ocular Drug Delivery Systems (US, INDIA); Nanotechnology: Emerging Platform for Gene Therapy Across Blood-Brain Barrier (USA); Lecithin-Based Organogels for Improved Topical Delivery using Nano-scale Effect (INDIA); Thermoreversible Nanogels for Drug Delivery (INDIA); Potential Applications of Aquasomes for Therapeutic Delivery of Proteins and Peptides (INDIA, UK); Novel and Nanoparticulate Implantable Drug Delivery Systems (INDIA); Innovations in Nanostructured Drug Delivery for Improved Management of Tuberculosis (INDIA); Nanodelivery Systems: Efficient and Target-Specific Therapeutics for Drug-Resistant Melanomas (AUSTRALIA); Nanoparticle-Based Therapeutics for Circumventing Cancer Chemoresistance (USA); Novel and Nanostructured Drug Delivery Approaches for Anticancer Therapy (INDIA); Aerosolised Nanoparticle-Based Approaches for Treatment of Lung Cancer (INDIA, USA); Federal Perspectives of Nanostructured Systems: An Update (INDIA); Appendix-I: Table of Contents of Nanobiomedicine Series (Vols. 1 to 6); Subject Index