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Inorganic Biomaterials for Drug Delivery

  • 1st Edition
  • June 1, 2025
  • Amit Kumar Nayak + 2 more
  • English
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Inorganic Biomaterials for Drug Delivery covers a wide range of inorganic biomaterial types and their properties, from traditional materials like ceramics, metallics, and bioglasses to novel composites and nano-engineered inorganic biomaterials. Biocompatibility, toxicity, and regulatory considerations are also thoroughly discussed, ensuring the reader is fully equipped for efficient biomaterials selection and utilization in drug delivery applications. This is a must-have reference for those working in the fields of materials science, biomedical engineering, pharmaceutical science, pharmacology, chemical engineering, and clinical science.

Ligands for Targeted Drug Delivery

  • 1st Edition
  • June 1, 2025
  • Vikas Pandey + 3 more
  • English
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Ligands for Targeted Drug Delivery: Basic Fundamentals and Applications is a comprehensive reference focused on the many ways drug carriers can be functionalized to target specific organs, tissues, cells, and sub-cellular compartments. Chapters cover the basic concepts of targeted drug delivery, describing multiple levels of targets and challenges, along with approaches for target-specific drug delivery and a thorough overview of the challenges in design and application of ligands. Following sections discuss nanoparticles and the main ligand classes with their respective applications. The final chapters discuss future prospects of the technology and clinical aspects of ligand modified drug delivery systems.This is a key reference to drug delivery researchers dealing with the application of ligands to overcome challenges in delivering their active principles to the target structure. Biomedical engineers, materials scientists, and chemists can also benefit from the through description of ligand classes and their potential to improve drug delivery efficiency.

Emerging Paradigms in Delivery Systems for Antitubercular Therapy

  • 1st Edition
  • April 1, 2025
  • Rajeev Sharma + 3 more
  • English
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Emerging Paradigms in Delivery Systems for Antitubercular Therapy provides an up-to-date and thorough overview of the state-of-the-art of concepts, design, and recent advances in nanomedicines and nanobiotechnology-based strategies for the treatment of tuberculosis. The book enables researchers to prepare a variety of nanotechnology-based strategies, investigate their properties, and discover their uses and applications in antitubercular therapy, focusing on advanced nanomaterials that are utilized for encapsulation of nucleic acid, mRNA, DNA, and tuberculosis vaccination.This book covers all major topics that have shaped the development of nanomedicine and propelled it to its current place at the forefront of Nanotechnology based treatment innovation. It will be a welcomed resource for researchers and readers with more and more challenging therapy and biologicals with their possible modifications to be used for the effective therapy of tuberculosis.

Nanocarriers Based Colon Targeting

  • 1st Edition
  • April 1, 2025
  • Lalit Kumar + 1 more
  • English
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Nanocarriers Based Colon Targeting: Design, Development, Mechanism and Case Studies unveils a groundbreaking exploration of nanotechnology’s potential in revolutionizing drug delivery for colon-related ailments. Today, an array of colonic diseases, including colorectal cancer, colonic polyps, ulcerative colitis, and inflammatory bowel syndrome, pose significant medical challenges. Conventional methods to deliver drugs to this system prove difficult, with limited efficacy and notable side effects. This book delves into the intricate complexities of colonic diseases, their pathophysiology, and epidemiology to support pharmaceutical scientists in designing better drug delivery systems. Providing a comprehensive overview of the area, the chapters elucidate diverse targeting strategies, from time-dependent to microbiota-based drug delivery systems, and explore receptor-based and magnetically assisted delivery mechanisms. Case studies dissected the working mechanisms behind polymeric nanoparticles, polymersomes, polymeric micelles, solid lipid nanoparticles, and other nanocarrier systems tailored for colon targeting. Additionally, this book explores cuttingedge topics such as gold nanoparticles, supra-magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles, and protein–peptide-based nanoparticles, highlighting their mechanisms, applications, and potential toxicities. Merging an overview of colonic pathophysiology with in-depth reviews of each nanomaterial used for drug delivery and practical case studies, Nanocarriers Based Colon Targeting: Design, Development, Mechanism and Case Studies is a complete reference for pharmaceutical scientists involved in elevating drug delivery precision and therapeutic efficacy in this organ system. Toxicologists, material scientists, research physicians, and regulators can also benefit from the case studies developed by expert authors.

Intelligent Nanobiosystems in Medicine and Healthcare, Volume 1

  • 1st Edition
  • March 3, 2025
  • Vijay Mishra + 2 more
  • English
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Intelligent Nanobiosystems in Medicine and Healthcare, Volume One: Fundamentals, Fabrication and Commercialization provides an overview of recent progress in the nanobiosystems arena, helping readers design and develop novel drug delivery systems and devices that take advantage of recent advances in nanomedical technologies. The book explores a wide range of promising approaches for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases using the latest advancement in cutting-edge nanomedical technologies. It highlights established research and technology on intelligent nanobiosystems, their rapidly emerging aspects, and future research directions. Sections cover nanobiosystems, explore nano candidates and fabrication aspects, and delve into the challenges of commercialization.This book will be a useful resource for researchers and postgraduate students in pharmaceutical sciences and biotechnology as well as medical professionals, biologists, chemists, materials scientists, clinical researchers, biochemical and biomedical engineers working both in academia and industry.

Intelligent Nanobiosystems in Medicine and Healthcare, Volume 2

  • 1st Edition
  • March 3, 2025
  • Vijay Mishra + 2 more
  • English
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Intelligent Nanobiosystems in Medicine and Healthcare, Volume 2: Applications of Intelligent Nanobiosystems provides recent progress in the nanobiosystems arena, helping readers better design and develop novel drug delivery systems and devices that take advantage of recent advances in nanomedical technologies. The book explores a wide range of promising approaches for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases using the latest advancements in cutting-edge nanomedical technologies. This updated volume includes chapters by experts in the field, featuring an exploration of targeted therapy and drug delivery systems, analytical and imaging tools, theranostics, tissue engineering and regenerative medicines, dentistry tools and modern developments.This book will be a useful resource for researchers and postgraduate students in pharmaceutical sciences and biotechnology industries as well as medical professionals, biologists, chemists, materials scientists, clinical researchers, and biochemical and biomedical engineers working both in industry and academia.

Lipids in Pulmonary Drug Delivery

  • 1st Edition
  • March 3, 2025
  • Md Faiyazuddin + 3 more
  • English
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Lipid in Pulmonary Drug Delivery explores the most recent advancements, strategies, and state-of-the-art technological progress in the development of lipid-based nanocarriers for pulmonary administration. The book presents wide coverage of various lipid-based nano-drug carriers such as liposomes, solid lipid nanoparticles, and nanoemulsions intended for the administration of drugs through the pulmonary route to treat different conditions. It also includes a general description of the formulation aspects of various lipid-based drug delivery vehicles, post-production processing, and biofate aspects with special emphasis on the pulmonary microenvironment.In addition, the authors include an update on the clinical status of the potential lipid nanocarriers used for effective management of the pulmonary related diseases. Written in a technical way covering the latest advancements in lipid-based drug delivery for pulmonary administration, this book is a useful reference for researchers, scientists, and graduate and postgraduate students working on, or planning, research in the field of lipid-based nano-drug pulmonary delivery platforms.

Natural Biopolymers for Drug Delivery

  • 1st Edition
  • March 1, 2025
  • Amit Kumar Nayak + 2 more
  • English
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Natural Biopolymers for Drug Delivery thoroughly details the properties, benefits and challenges of using these biomaterials in drug delivery, with a strong focus on biocompatibility and reduction of unwanted interactions. An extensive range of natural biopolymers are explored, such as cellulose, chitosan, casein, gelatin, cashew gum, and many more. Biocompatibility, toxicity and regulatory considerations are also thoroughly discussed, ensuring the reader is fully equipped for efficient biomaterials selection and utilization in drug delivery applications. This is a must-have reference for those working in the fields of materials science, biomedical engineering, pharmaceutical science and pharmacology, chemical engineering and clinical science.

Challenges in Delivery of Therapeutic Genomics and Proteomics

  • 2nd Edition
  • March 1, 2025
  • Aliasgar Shahiwala + 1 more
  • English
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Challenges in Delivery of Therapeutic Genomics and Proteomics, Second Edition is a complete reference on the biological principles involved in gene and protein delivery to cells and tissues. Highlighting the various chemical, physical, and biological approaches to protein and gene delivery, the book provides guidelines for pharmaceutical researchers in academia and corporate R&D. This new edition brings updates on the delivery of therapeutic proteomics and genomics in each chapter, and newly developed chapters on the regulatory aspects of related products, CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing, and computational tools in genomics and proteomics.After an overview of the barriers to genomics and proteomics delivery, the book dives into physical, chemical, and biological methods of gene delivery. Further chapters extensively discuss the delivery of proteins and therapeutic peptides through the respiratory, oral, parenteral, transdermal, topical, uterine, and rectal pathways. This book is the ideal reference for pharmaceutical scientists dealing with gene and protein/peptide delivery. Regulators and corporate researchers can also benefit from the wide coverage of delivery methods presented.

Lipid-Drug Conjugates

  • 1st Edition
  • March 1, 2025
  • Malay K. Das
  • English
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Lipid-Drug Conjugates: Innovation and Applications highlights the most recent advances and clinical applications of nano lipid-drug conjugates for enhanced drug delivery and targeting in the treatment of cancer, glioblastoma, Alzheimer’s, AIDS, and bacterial diseases. In addition, various conjugation methods to prepare lipid-drug conjugates and their pharmacokinetics in vivo are explored, together with the production and characterization of various delivery carriers for lipid-drug conjugates. The contents of this book provide pharmaceutical science researchers with the tools to explore targeted drug delivery leveraging the unique characteristics of lipid conjugates. Scientists in the corporate setting can benefit of the cases and techniques presented in developing new formulations and products.