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Author:   Viola Vogel (ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland)
Publisher:   Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH
Imprint:   Blackwell Verlag GmbH
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.975kg
ISBN:  

9783527317363

ISBN 10:   3527317368
Pages:   445
Publication Date:   11 March 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
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Table of Contents

1 The next waves of medical innovations IMAGING, DIAGNOSTICS AND DISEASE TREATMENT BY USING ENGINEERED NANOPARTICLES - THE FIRST MEDICAL APPLICATIONS ARE COMING TO THE PATIENTS' BEDSIDE... 2 Nanoengineered ultrasound and MRI imaging contrast agents 3 Nanoparticles for cancer detection and therapy IMAGING AND PROBING THE INNER WORLD OF CELLS - MAJOR ADVANCES IN MEDICINE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN DRIVEN BY NEW TECHNOLOGIES 4 From molecular machines to cells: imaging with cryoelectron microscopy 5 Optical imaging at the nanoscale 6 Nanostructured probes for in vivo gene expression 7 Analysis of Dynamic Cytoskeleton Functions by Fluorescent Speckle Microscopy 8 Transport, assembly and proof-reading: harnessing the engineering principles of biological nanomotors INNOVATIVE DISEASE TREATMENTS AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE - UNDERSTANDING THE CELLULAR MACHINERY PROVIDES INSIGHTS INTO TOTALLY NEW WAYS OF DETECTING AND TREATING DISEASE, AS WELL AS PROMOTING TISSUE REGENERATION 9 Mechanical forces matter in health and disease: from cancer to tissue engineering 10 Stem Cells and Nanomedicine - Nanomechanics of the Microenvironment 11 Degenerative diseases: manipulating the micro- and nanoscale architecture regulates immunological synapse function 12 Bone nanostructure and its relevance to mechanical performance, disease and treatment 13 Nanoengineered systems for tissue engineering and regeneration 14 Self-assembling synthetic scaffolds for regenerative medicine

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A This work collects recent research on the use of nanotechnology in medicine.A ( Book News, September 2009)

This work collects recent research on the use of nanotechnology in medicine. ( Book News , September 2009)

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"Viola Vogel is heading the Laboratory for Biologically Oriented Materials at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zürich. She received her Ph. D. in Physics at Frankfurt University, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley. She joined the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Washington in 1990, was the Founding Director of the Center for Nanotechnology at the University of Washington ('97-'03). Her interdisciplinary research program centers in bionanotechnology. She served the scientific community in many capacities which includes selection committees for the British Marshall Fund Fellowships ('93-'95), the German Ministry of Science and Education (BMBF) ('98), and as US Representative on the Council of Scientists of the Human Frontier Science Program ('03-'04). She was involved in program and technology assessments for NIH (ongoing), the National Research Council (""NASA's Microgravity Research"" & ""Reshape the Education in Lifesciences""), as PCAST panel member preparing for Clinton's ""Presidential National Nanotechnology Initiative"" ('99) and for the European Academy ('03-present). She is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)."

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