Bookedited by Prashant Kesharwani and Umesh Gupta.
Summary: Nanotechnology-Based Targeted Drug Delivery Systems for Brain Tumors addresses brain anatomy and tumors and the progress and challenges in delivering drugs across the blood brain barrier. Several chapters are devoted to the latest technologies and advances in nanotechnology, along with practical solutions on how to design more effective nanocarriers for drug and gene delivery. This valuable resource prepares readers to develop novel drug delivery systems for the treatment of brain tumors that further promote the latest nanomedical technologies.
Contents:
1. Tumors of the central nervous system: anatomy and interventional considerations
2. Angiogenesis in brain tumors
3. Physiology of the blood-brain barrier and mechanisms of transport across the BBB
4. Active trageted nanoscale delivery systems for brain tumor therapeutics
5. Nanotechnology in brain tumor targeting: efficacy and safety of nanoenabled carriers undergoing clinical testing
6. Targeting of lipid/polymeric (hybrid) nanoparticles to the brain for the treatment of degernative diseases
7. Biopolymeric nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery to brain tumors
8. Solid lipid nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery
9. Liposome-based drug delivery for brain tumor theranostics
10. Dendrimers as effective carriers for the treatment of brain tumor - 11. Micelle-based drug delivery for brain tumors
12. Nanemulsions-based drug delivery for brain tumors
13. Immune infiltration in malignant gliomas
14. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs): a novel drug delivery tool in brain tumor treatment
15. Beyond the blood-brain barrier: facing new challenges and prospects of nanotechnology-mediated targeted delivery to the brain
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