Nanotechnology has enabled the development of innovative therapeutics, diagnostics, and
drug delivery systems. Nanoparticles (NPs) can influence gene expression, protein …

Nanoparticles are often engineered as a scaffolding system to combine targeting, imaging
and/or therapeutic moieties into a unitary agent. However, mostly overlooked, the …

It has been 6 years since the first edition of this book introduced methods for the
characterization of nanoparticles intended for drug delivery. Since that time, basic and …

Nanoparticles have received enormous attention as a promising tool to enhance target-
specific drug delivery and diagnosis. Various in vitro and in vivo techniques are used to …

Nanoparticle-based technologies offer exciting new approaches to disease diagnostics and
therapeutics. To take advantage of unique properties of nanoscale materials and structures …

The design of colloidal nanosystems intended for biomedical applications, specifically in the
field of personalized medicine, has increased notably in the last years. Consequently, a …

Biomedical research involving nanoparticles has produced useful products with medical
applications. However, the potential toxicity of nanoparticles in biofluids, cells, tissues, and …

Nanoparticles have potential applications in diagnostics, imaging, gene and drug delivery
and other types of therapy. Iron oxide nanoparticles, gold nanoparticles and quantum dots …

How to study nanoparticle–cell interactions is the key question that puzzles researchers in
the fields of nanomedicine as well as in nanotoxicology. In nanotoxicology, the amount of …

Nanomedicines are typically submicrometer-sized carrier materials (nanoparticles)
encapsulating therapeutic and/or imaging compounds that are used for the prevention …