Engineered Nanoparticles as Drug Delivery Systems

This book highlights application of nanomaterials for drug delivery, therapy, and engineering. It covers stimuli-sensitive drug delivery systems including an overview of the physical, chemical, biological, and multi-stimuli-responsive nanosystems. It also presents analysis of clinical status for different types of nanoplatforms and assesses novel applications of nanomaterials in the areas of smart delivery and drug targeting. It further discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each application of pertinent nanomaterials.

Features:

• Provides academic introduction to the uses of nanotechnology in drug delivery.
• Discusses use of nanomaterials in targeting a drug to specific tissues and cells.
• Presents an analysis of clinical status for different types of nanoplatforms.
• Covers applications in drug delivery, therapy, and engineering.
• Focuses on how novel nanotechnology-orientated methods can help improve treatment.

This book is aimed at researchers and graduate students in biomedical and biochemical engineering, pharmaceutical, chemical and bioprocess engineering, materials science, and drug delivery mechanisms.

Nahid Rehman is currently a Ph.D scholar at MNNITA under the guidance of Prof. ANJANA PANDEY. She had completed her schooling at International Indian School in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Later on, she did graduation (CSJMU) in Zoology and post-graduation in Microbiology from (SHUATS) India. She had worked as a Junior Research Fellow on a project at the National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi.

Anjana Pandey currently a Professor at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad (MNNITA) born in the city of New Delhi, completed her graduation, Post-graduation as well as her Ph.D (1998) in Biochemistry from renowned BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY (BHU), India, and her Post-doctorate from Bose Institute, Kolkata in thrust area Molecular Microbiology (2001). Two decades have passed since her journey from lecturer to Professor, starting at the University of Allahabad for twelve years and remaining at the National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, until now. Her research expertise is not just limited to her core area but Environment and Health Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, and Biofuel claiming 14 honors and more than 100 publications in well-known publications.