Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology: Possibilities and Challenges

  • Publication Year: 2018
  • ISBN: 9781773610313
  • Price: $165
  • Publisher: Delve Publishing
  • Binding Type: Hardcover

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Nanotechnology involves the application of structures, characterization, design, devices, production, and systems at the nanometer scale. This edited collection from leading thinkers and researchers in the field gives an overview of current research on nano-bio interactions, with a focus on the effects of nanoparticle physical characteristics on their interactions with live cells. The potential of nanotechnology in modern therapy of human diseases and the recent advantages in this field are summarized. An overview of limitations facing nanotechnology-based therapies is presented.

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Aleksei A. Stepanenko received his Masters’s degree in Biochemistry from  V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University and PhD in Molecular biology from Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, where he is currently working as a Research Fellow. His scope of interests is genomic and phenotypic evolution of tumor cells under chemotherapeutic stresses and viro-immunological approaches as an alternative perspective in cancer therapy.