Nanoscale Materials in Targeted Drug Delivery, Theragnosis and Tissue Regeneration

This book discusses the use of nanoscale materials for biomedical applications, with a special emphasis on drug delivery, theragnosis and tissue regeneration, and describes in detail the methods used in the preparation of nanoparticles. § Nanotechnology has led to the advent of a new field, nanomedicine, which focuses on the use of materials at nanoscale as drug delivery vehicles to develop highly selective and effective drugs. The combination of molecular imaging and nanotechnology has produced theragnostic nanoparticles, which allow the simultaneous detection and monitoring of diseases. Nanotechnology can also be combined with biomaterials to create scaffolds for tissue regeneration. Further, significant advances have been made in the areas of drug delivery, theragnostic nanoparticles and tissue regeneration materials. Some nanomedicines and tissue regeneration materials are already commercially available, while others are undergoing clinical trials, and promising results have already been documented. § Despite the rapid advances in nanomedicine, there is a relative dearth of literature on the biomedical applications of nanoscale materials. This book is the first to offer a comprehensive and up-to-date resource on innovations in drug delivery, theragnosis and tissue engineering. §