The use of nanoparticulate pharmaceutical carriers to enhance the in vivo efficiency of many drugs well established itself over the past decade both in pharmaceutical research and clinical setting. Looking into the future of the field of drug delivery, we have to think about the development of the next generation of pharmaceutical nanocarriers combining the whole variety of properties and allowing for the simultaneous performance of multiple functions. Surface modification of pharmaceutical carriers is often used to control their properties in a desirable fashion and make them to simultaneously perform several different functions. This book is all about these ‘futuristic’ multifunctional medicines. All chapters written by international leaders in the field Detailed illustrations Latest volume in the Fundamental Biomedical Technologies series Offers the most recent innovations and discoveries related to nanopharmaceuticals INDICE: Multifunctional nanopharmaceuticals: Challenges and opportunities.- Multifunctional polymeric assemblies for drug delivery.- Multifunctional nanogels and nanoparticles as pharmaceutical carriers.- Functionalized liposomes for organ-specific delivery.- Functionalized polymers for drug delivery.- Functionalized dendrimers as pharmaceutical carriers.- Charge modification of pharmaceutical nanocarriers.- Stimuli-sensitive systems for drug and gene delivery.- Pharmaceutical micelles – possibility to combine longevity and stimuli-sensitivity.- Long-circulating liposomes with attached diagnostic moieties: Application for gamma- and MR imaging.- Magnetically responsive pharmaceutical nanocarriers: What can the magnetism add?.- Multifunctional nanotherapeutics for cancer.- What function should be added to pharmaceutical nanocarrier to bring itto mitochondria?
- ISBN: 978-0-387-76551-8
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 350
- Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés