Nanomedicine for the Treatment of Disease From Concept to Application

This new volume, Nanomedicine for the Treatment of Disease: From Concept to Application, looks at the application of nanomedicines with a particular focus on their use in the treatment of diseases. The chapters in this volume, contributed by eminent scientists, researchers, and nanotechnologists from across the globe, highlight key advancements, challenges, and opportunities in the area of application of nanomedicines for disease treatment. They explore the design and development of therapeutic nanocarriers for targeting drugs for satiating the demands of disease treatment process. The volume explores the use nanomedicines for the diagnosis and treatment of a multitude various diseases and health conditions, including respiratory diseases, neurological disorders, genetic diseases, pulmonary fungal infections, neuroAIDS, cardiovascular disorders, gastric and colonic diseases, skin disorders, cancer, brain tumors, leishmaniasis and other visceral diseases, hypertension, and ocular diseases.

1. Nanomedicine and Diseases: An Updated Overview Sarwar Beget al. 2. Multitasking Role of Dendrimers: Drug Delivery and Disease TargetingSamaresh Sau et al. 3. Nanomedicines for the Treatment of Respiratory Diseases Brahmeshwar Mishra and Sundeep Chaurasia 4. Nanomedicine for the Treatment of Neurological Disorders Shringika Soni and Bikash Medhi 5. Nanomedicinal Genetic Manipulation: Promising Strategy to Treat Some Genetic Diseases Biswajit Mukherjee et al. 6. Nanomedicine: Could It Be a Boon for Pulmonary Fungal Infections?? Biswajit Mukherjee et al. 7. Nanotechnological Approaches for Management of Neuroaids Divya Suares, Mohd. Farooq Shaikh, and Clara Fernandes 8. Nanomedicines for the Treatment of Cardiovascular Disorders Shivani Verma et al. 9. Nanomedicines for the Treatment of Gastric and Colonic Diseases Md. Adil Shaharyar et al. 10. Angiogenesis Treatment with CD13 Targeting Nanomedicines Madhu Gupta, Ramesh K. Goyal, and Vikas Sharma 11. Liposomal Nanomedicines as State-of-the-Art in the Treatment of Skin Disorders Mahfoozur Rahman et al. 12. Conventional to Novel Targeted Approaches for Brain Tumor: The Role of Nanomedicines for Effective Treatment Mahfoozur Rahman et al. 13. Macrophage Targeting: A Promising Strategy for Delivery of Chemotherapeutics in Leishmaniasis and Other Visceral Diseases Jaya Gopal Meher et al. 14. Nanomedicine for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer Laxmikant Gautam et al. 15. Nanomedicine Therapeutic Approaches to Overcome Hypertension Md. Rizwanullah et al. 16. Nanomedicine for the Treatment of Ocular Diseases Priyanka Prabhu and Saritha Shetty 17. Nanomedicine for Radiation Therapy Feifei Yang, Youli Xia, and Yu Mi