Plasma Medical Science
- 1st Edition - July 6, 2018
- Latest edition
- Editors: Shinya Toyokuni, Yuzuru Ikehara, Fumitaka Kikkawa, Masaru Hori
- Language: English
Plasma Medical Science describes the progress that has been made in the field over the past five years, illustrating what readers must know to be successful. As non-therm… Read more
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Description
Description
Plasma Medical Science describes the progress that has been made in the field over the past five years, illustrating what readers must know to be successful. As non-thermal, atmospheric pressure plasma has been applied for a wide variety of medical fields, including wound healing, blood coagulation, and cancer therapy, this book is a timely resource on the topics discussed.
Key features
Key features
- Provides a dedicated reference for this emerging topic
- Discusses the state-of-the-art developments in plasma technology
- Introduces topics of plasma biophysics and biochemistry that are required to understand the application of the technology for plasma medicine
- Brings together diverse experience in this field in one reference text
- Provides a roadmap for future developments in the area
Readership
Readership
Researchers in biochemistry, genetics, biophysics and cancer
Table of contents
Table of contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Physical and chemical basis of non-thermal plasma
2.1: Introduction
2.2: Atmospheric-pressure plasma sources for plasma medicine
2.3: Active laser spectroscopy
2.4: Optical diagnostics of atmospheric pressure plasma
2.5: Electrical diagnostics
2.6: Plasma chemistry of reactive species in gaseous phase
2.7: Production control of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in liquid water by using a nonthermal plasma jet
2.8: Reaction of reactive species in cell culture medium
2.9: Simulation of reactive species: kinetics in aqueous phase
Chapter 3: Plasma biological science in various species
3.1: Introduction
3.2: Modelling and analysis of interaction between plasma and living systems
3.3: Effect of plasma irradiation for in vitro growth of Babesia and Trypanosoma parasites
3.4: Intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and gene expression changes --- Characteristics of Physical Therapies
3.5: Molecular mechanism of cellular responses to non-thermal plasma
3.6: Plasma medical science through the understanding of biological framework
3.7: Synthetic models to monitor the spatiotemporal delivery of plasma-generated reactive oxygen and nitrogen species into tissue and cells
Chapter 4: Regulation of cell membrane transport by plasma
4.1: Introduction
4.2: Cell membrane transport enhanced by plasma activated channel and transporter
4.3: Cell membrane transport enhanced by plasma-activated endocytosis
4.4: Cell membrane transport via pore formation enhanced by micro-plasma bubble
4.5: Cell membrane transport via pore formation enhanced by plasma reactive species
4.6: Numerical modeling of cell membrane transport enhanced by plasma irradiation
4.7: Future perspective of plasma gene transfection
Chapter 5: Reactive oxygen species in Plasma Medical Science (PAM and cancer therapy)
5.1: Introduction
5.2: Plasma activated medium
5.3: Pathology of oxidative stress
5.4: The translation inhibitor Pdcd4-mediated mechanisms inducing apoptosis and plasma-stimulated cell death
5.5: Plasma medical innovation for cancer therapy
5.6: Plasma medical innovation for cancer therapy: Gynecologic cancers
5.7: Plasma medical innovation for cancer therapy: Glioblastoma
5.8: Plasma medical innovation for cancer therapy: Melanoma
5.9: Plasma medical innovation for cancer therapy: Gastrointestinal cancers
5.10: Plasma medical innovation for cancer therapy: Cancer initiating cells
5.11: Age-related macular degeneration
Chapter 6: Application of plasma to humans (Blood coagulation and regenerative medicine)
6.1: Introduction
6.2: Cutting-edge technologies of bleeding control using non-thermal plasma; Mechanism of blood coagulation and wound healing
6.3: Clinical efficacy of non-thermal plasma treatment in minimally invasive gastrointestinal surgery
6.4: Molecular Morphological Analysis of The Effect of Plasma Irradiation on Cells and Tissue
6.5: Evaluating the invasiveness of non-thermal plasma treatment using molecular imaging technique
6.6: Molecular dissection of biological effects for mouse embryonic stem (mES) cells differentiation treated by low-temperature atmospheric-pressure plasma (APP)
6.7: Cutting-edge studies on the regeneration of neural tissue after plasma treatment
6.8: Innovation in wound care using cold atmospheric plasma technology
6.9: Applying plasma technology to nitric oxide (NO) generation in clinical practices
6.10: Plasma technologies for the development of innovative orthopedic materials
Chapter 7: Safety and standardization toward clinical applications
7.1: Introduction
7.2: General Concepts of Basic Safety on Plasma Treatment
7.3: Application of transgenic mice to analyze genotoxic effects caused by non-thermal atmospheric air plasma
7.4: International standardization: IEC guidelines
7.5: International standardization: CE marking for medical device
Chapter 8: Future outlooks in plasma medical science
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: July 10, 2018
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
ST
Shinya Toyokuni
YI
Yuzuru Ikehara
FK
Fumitaka Kikkawa
MH