Polymers in Nanomedicine

✍ Scribed by Ernst Wagner (auth.), Shigeru Kunugi, Tetsuji Yamaoka (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 288
• Series: Advances in Polymer Science 247
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Functional Polymer Conjugates for Medicinal Nucleic Acid Delivery, by Ernst Wagner

Biodegradable Nanoparticles as Vaccine Adjuvants and Delivery Systems: Regulation of Immune Responses by Nanoparticle-Based Vaccine, by Takami Akagi, Masanori Baba and Mitsuru Akashi

Biodegradable Polymeric Assemblies for Biomedical Materials, by Yuichi Ohya, Akihiro Takahashi and Koji Nagahama

PEGylation Technology in Nanomedicine, by Yutaka Ikeda and Yukio Nagasaki

Cytocompatible Hydrogel Composed of Phospholipid Polymers for Regulation of Cell Functions, by Kazuhiko Ishihara, Yan Xu and Tomohiro Konno

Design of Biointerfaces for Regenerative Medicine, by Yusuke Arima, Koichi Kato, Yuji Teramura and Hiroo Iwata

Advances in Tissue Engineering Approaches to Treatment of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration: Cells and Polymeric Scaffolds for Nucleus Pulposus Regeneration, by Jeremy J. Mercuri and Dan T. Simionescu

Functionalized Biocompatible Nanoparticles for Site-Specific Imaging and Therapeutics, by Ranu K. Dutta, Prashant K. Sharma, Hisatoshi Kobayashi and Avinash C. Pandey

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Functional Polymer Conjugates for Medicinal Nucleic Acid Delivery....Pages 1-29
Biodegradable Nanoparticles as Vaccine Adjuvants and Delivery Systems: Regulation of Immune Responses by Nanoparticle-Based Vaccine....Pages 31-64
Biodegradable Polymeric Assemblies for Biomedical Materials....Pages 65-114
PEGylation Technology in Nanomedicine....Pages 115-140
Cytocompatible Hydrogel Composed of Phospholipid Polymers for Regulation of Cell Functions....Pages 141-165
Design of Biointerfaces for Regenerative Medicine....Pages 167-200
Advances in Tissue Engineering Approaches to Treatment of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration: Cells and Polymeric Scaffolds for Nucleus Pulposus Regeneration....Pages 201-231
Functionalized Biocompatible Nanoparticles for Site-Specific Imaging and Therapeutics....Pages 233-275
Back Matter....Pages 277-281

✦ Subjects

Polymer Sciences; Medical Biochemistry; Biomaterials; Biotechnology; Medicinal Chemistry