Nanoparticles in Translational Science and Medicine

1. Liposomes and other vesicular systems: structural characteristics, methods of preparation and use in nanomedicine

Elisa Elizondo, Evelina Moreno, Ingrid Cabrera, Alba Córdoba, Santi Sala, Jaume Veciana and Nora Ventosa

2. Luminescent quantum dots, making invisibles visible in bioimaging

Mitsuru Ishikawa and Vasudevanpillai Biju

3. Fabrication of dendrimers towards biological application

Hsieh-Chih Tsai and Toyoko Imae

4. Carbohydrate-based Nanoparticles for Potential Applications in Medicine

Marco Marradi, Isabel García and Soledad Penadés

5. Carbon nanotubes: Engineering biomedical applications

Diego A. Gomez-Gualdrón, Juan C. Burgos, Jiamei Yu, and Perla B. Balbuena

6. Engineered biological entities for drug delivery and gene therapy: Protein Nanoparticles

Joan Domingo-Espín, Ugutz Unzueta, Paolo Saccardo, Escarlata Rodríguez-Carmona, José Luís Corchero, Esther Vázquez, and Neus Ferrer-Miralles

7. Polymer nanoparticles

Xiao-Yun Lu, Dao-Cheng Wu, Zheng-Jun Li, Guo-Qiang Chen

8. Nanobiotechnology and Personalized Medicine

K. K. Jain

9. Tissue Engineering Using Magnetite Nanoparticles

Akira Ito and Masamichi Kamihira

10. Peptide nanoparticles for oligonucleotide delivery

Taavi Lehto, Kariem Ezzat and Ülo Langel

11. Nanoparticles in molecular diagnostics

Pedro V. Baptista1, Gonçalo Doria1, Pedro Quaresma1, Miguel Cavadas, Cristina S. Neves, Inês Gomes, Peter Eaton, Eulália Pereira, Ricardo Franco

12. Nanoparticles in Cancer Chemotherapy

Deboshri Banerjee and Shiladitya Sengupta

13. Nanoparticles in gene therapy: principles, prospects and challenges

Chunxi Liu, Na Zhang

14. Cell Delivery of Therapeutic Nanoparticles

JoEllyn McMillan, Elena Batrakova, and Howard E. Gendelman