Drug Delivery Systems: Advanced Technologies Potentially Applicable in Personalised Treatment (eBook)

Jorge Coelho (Herausgeber)

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2013 | 2013
XVII, 421 Seiten
Springer Netherland (Verlag)
978-94-007-6010-3 (ISBN)

Infos

This book is part of a series dedicated to recent advances on preventive, predictive and personalised medicine (PPPM). It focuses on the theme of 'Drug delivery systems: advanced technologies potentially applicable in personalised treatments'. The critical topics involving the development and preparation of effective drug delivery systems, such as: polymers available, self-assembly, nanotechnology, pharmaceutical formulations, three dimensional structures, molecular modeling, tailor-made solutions and technological tendencies, are carefully discussed. The understanding of these areas constitutes a paramount route to establish personalised and effective solutions for specific diseases and individuals.

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This book is part of a series dedicated to recent advances on preventive, predictive and personalised medicine (PPPM). It focuses on the theme of "e;Drug delivery systems: advanced technologies potentially applicable in personalised treatments"e;. The critical topics involving the development and preparation of effective drug delivery systems, such as: polymers available, self-assembly, nanotechnology, pharmaceutical formulations, three dimensional structures, molecular modeling, tailor-made solutions and technological tendencies, are carefully discussed. The understanding of these areas constitutes a paramount route to establish personalised and effective solutions for specific diseases and individuals.

Inhalt

1. Polymers in Drug Delivery: Concepts, Developments and Potential; Rongjun Chen 2. Amphiphilic Molecules in Drug Delivery Systems; Salomé dos Santos, Bruno Medronho, Tiago dos Santos and Filipe E. Antunes3. Sizing nanoparticles in liquids: an overview of methods; Margarida Figueiredo4. Nanoparticles for oral delivery of insulin; Antonio J Ribeiro, Raquel Seiça and Francisco Veiga5. Bioartificial pancreas: in the road to clinical application; Joana Crisostomo, Jorge F J Coelho and Raquel Seiça6. Cationic liposome-based systems for nucleic acid delivery: from the formulation development to therapeutic applications; Henrique Faneca, Ana Luísa Cardoso, Sara Trabulo, Sónia Duarte and Maria C. Pedroso de Lima7. Biomaterial-based vectors for targeted delivery of nucleic acids to the nervous system; Ana Paula Pêgo, Hugo Oliveira and Pedro Moreno8. Three-dimensional (3D) scaffolds as drug delivery devices for Tissue engineering applications; Marcos Domingos, H.Almeida and Paulo Bartolo9. The Warburg Effect is a Guide to Multipurpose Cancer Therapy Including Trace Element Delivery; Anatoliy V. Popov and Leonid G. Menchikovb10. In silico research in drug delivery systems; André Filipe Ferreira, Rodrigo José Lopes, and Pedro Nuno Simões11. The Importance of Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization Techniques in the Design of Tailor Made Nanoparticles for DSS; Nuno Rocha, Patrícia Mendonça,  Joana Góis, Rosemeyre Cordeiro, Ana Fonseca, Tamaz Guliashvili,  Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Arménio Serra and  Jorge Coelho

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.3.2013
• Reihe/Serie: Advances in Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine
• Reihe/Serie: Advances in Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine
• Zusatzinfo: XVII, 421 p.
• Verlagsort: Dordrecht
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Diabetologie
• Themenwelt: Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Biochemie / Molekularbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Biochemie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Organische Chemie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Maschinenbau
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• Schlagworte: Diabetes • Drug Delivery Systems • Nanocarriers • Personalised Medicine • Pharmaceutical formulations • Polymers
• ISBN-10: 94-007-6010-8 / 9400760108
• ISBN-13: 978-94-007-6010-3 / 9789400760103