Nanopharmaceutics. The Potential Application of Nanomaterials

Abstract

While nanoscience is research focused on multifunctional devices and biomaterials at nanoscale from tens to hundred nanometers, nanomedicine is a a multidisciplinary field using nanotechnology for medical applications. Thus nanomedicine can provide an opportunity for improved drug development so that the USA National Nanotechnology Initiative in 2009 allocated € 1.5 billion to different funding agencies, reflecting a steady growth in addition to the € 8 billion invested since 2001. This book, composed of 20 Chapters, addresses the specific nanoplatforms used for delivery imaging, therapy and toxicity of nanomaterials for pharmaceutical applications by a multidisciplinary interactive approach, where engineers, chemists, and physical scientists are teaming up with biologists
and clinicians.