Cancer Therapeutics And Imaging: Molecular And Cellular Engineering And Nanobiomedicine

by Kaushal Rege (Author),‎ Sheba Goklany (Editor)

This book describes the latest advancements in molecular and cellular engineering approaches in addition to nanotechnology for cancer therapeutics and imaging. It also provides an excellent background and state-of-the-art developments in the fields of drug and gene delivery, engineering nanoparticles for therapy and diagnostics, and cancer imaging techniques.

The contents of this book include chapters on cutting-edge science in molecular and cellular engineering and nanotechnology as applied to therapeutics and imaging in cancer diseases. The chapters also provide a comprehensive overview on gene therapy and delivery methods for cancer treatment, oral drug delivery and barriers, cancer imaging for diagnostics and therapy, and the latest developments in these fields.

Contents:
Optically Modulated Theranostic Nanoparticles (Niksa Valim & Amit Joshi)
Gene Therapy Treatments for Cancer (Jacob Elmer)
Nanocarrier based Pulmonary Gene Delivery for Lung Cancer: Therapeutic and Imaging Approaches (Nishant S Gandhi, Micah Glasgow & Mahavir B Chougule)
Quantitative Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound Imaging in Cancer Therapy (Shashank R Sirsi & Mark A Borden)
Multifunctional Dendritic Nanoparticles as a Nanomedicine Platform (Hao-jui Hsu, Ryan M Pearson & Seungpyo Hong)
Oral Drug Delivery Systems for Gastrointestinal Cancer Therapy (Yue-Wern Huang & Sutapa Barua)
Cancer Therapeutics with Light: Role of Nanoscale and Tissue Engineering in Photodynamic Therapy (Joyce Liu, Huang-Chiao Huang, Emma Briars, Girgis Obaid, Imran Rizvi & Tayyaba Hasan)
Targeted Contrast Agents for 1H MRI of Tumor Microenvironment (Shubhangi Agarwal & Vikram D Kodibagkar)
Solid Lipid Nanoparticles and Nanostructured Lipid Carriers as Anti-Cancer Delivery Systems for Therapy and Diagnostics (Samuel V Mussi & Vladimir P Torchilin)

Readership: Students and researchers in nanobiotechnology, nanomedicine, cancer research, bioengineering and medical imaging.

Key Features:
Novel aspects in cancer therapeutic delivery, comprehensive molecular and cellular aspects of cancer delivery and imaging, latest advanced in nanotechnology for cancer



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