
Nanotechnology-Based Targeted Drug Delivery Systems for Brain Tumors
- 1st Edition - April 20, 2018
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Prashant Kesharwani, Umesh Gupta
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 2 2 1 8 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 2 2 4 9 - 5
Nanotechnology-Based Targeted Drug Delivery Systems for Brain Tumors addresses brain anatomy and tumors and the progress and challenges in delivering drugs across the blood bra… Read more

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Request a sales quoteNanotechnology-Based Targeted Drug Delivery Systems for Brain Tumors addresses brain anatomy and tumors and the progress and challenges in delivering drugs across the blood brain barrier. Several chapters are devoted to the latest technologies and advances in nanotechnology, along with practical solutions on how to design more effective nanocarriers for drug and gene delivery. This valuable resource prepares readers to develop novel drug delivery systems for the treatment of brain tumors that further promote the latest nanomedical technologies.
- Addresses the progress and challenges inherent in delivering drugs across the blood brain barrier and offers strategies to maximize effectiveness
- Draws upon the experience and expertise of international scientists working in the fields of drug delivery and nanomedicine
- Considers the future possibilities of nanotechnology for delivering nanocarriers that better diagnose and treat brain tumors
Pharmaceutical industry scientists, graduate students and academic researchers in pharmaceutical science and materials science working in drug delivery and nanotechnology, clinical researchers including neuroscientists and cancer researchers
- Edition: 1
- Published: April 20, 2018
- No. of pages (Paperback): 478
- No. of pages (eBook): 478
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128122181
- eBook ISBN: 9780128122495
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Prashant Kesharwani
Dr. Prashant Kesharwani is assistant professor of Pharmaceutics at Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India. He has more than 12 years of teaching, research, and industrial experience at international levels from various countries, including the United States, Malaysia, and India. An overarching goal of his current research is the development of nanoengineered drug delivery systems for various diseases. He has more than 350 international publications in well-reputed journals and more than 25 international books (Elsevier). He is a recipient of many research grants from various funding bodies. He is also the recipient of several internationally acclaimed awards, such as “USERN Laureate award”, most prestigious “SERB-Ramanujan Fellowship Award”. He actively participates in outreach and scientific dissemination for the service of the wider community. His Number of citations is = 26779; h-index = 85; i-10 index = 370 (According to google scholar on March 2025). He has more than 30 international publications published in very high impact factor journals (Progress in Polymer Sciences IF 32.063, Molecular Sciences IF 41.444, Progress in Material Sciences IF 48.580, Advanced Materials IF 29.4, Drug Resistance Update IF 22.841 and Material Todays IF 32.072). He has presented many invited talks and oral presentations at prestigious scientific peer-conferences, received international acclaims and awards for research contribution, supervised students/junior researchers and actively participated in outreach and scientific dissemination for the service of the wider community.
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