BioMEMS and Biomedical Nanotechnology - Volume III: Therapeutic Micro/Nanotechnology (Hardcover, 2007 ed.)

Less than twenty years ago photolithography and medicine were total strangers to one another. They had not yet met, and not even looking each other up in the classi?eds. And then, nucleic acid chips, micro?uidics and microarrays entered the scene, and rapidly these strangers became indispensable partners in biomedicine. Asrecentlyastenyearsagothenotionofapplyingnanotechnologytothe?ghtagainstd- ease was dominantly the province of the ?ction writers. Thoughts of nanoparticle-vehicled deliveryoftherapeuticalstodiseasedsiteswereanexerciseinscienti?csolitude,andgrounds for questioning one's ability to think "like an established scientist". And today we have nanoparticulate paclitaxel as the prime option against metastatic breast cancer, proteomic pro?lingdiagnostictoolsbasedontargetsurfacenanotexturing,nanoparticlecontrastagents for all radiological modalities, nanotechnologies embedded in high-distribution laboratory equipment, and no less than 152 novel nanomedical entities in the regulatory pipeline in the US alone. Thisisatransformingimpact,byanymeasure,withclearevidenceoffurtheracceleration, supported by very vigorous investments by the public and private sectors throughout the world. Even joining the dots in a most conservative, linear fashion, it is easy to envision scenarios of personalized medicine such as the following: patient-speci?c prevention supplanting gross, faceless intervention strategies; early detection protocols identifying signs of developing disease at the time when the disease is most easily subdued; personally tailored intervention strategies that are so routinely and inexpensively realized, that access to them can be secured by everyone; technologies allowing for long lives in the company of disease, as good neighbors, without impairment of the quality of life itself.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2006
First published:	2007
Editors:	Tejal Desai
Editors-in-chief:	Mauro Ferrari
Editors:	Sangeeta N. Bhatia
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	376
Edition:	2007 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-387-25565-1
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > Nanotechnology Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Biomedical engineering > General
LSN:	0-387-25565-6
Barcode:	9780387255651

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