Advanced Theranostic Materials

The present book is covers the recent advances in the development on the regulation of such theragnosis system and their biomedical perspectives to act as a future nanomedicine. Advanced Theranostics Materialsis written by a distinguished group of contributors and provides comprehensive coverage of the current literature, up-to-date overview of all aspects of advanced theranostics materials ranging from system biology, diagnostics, imaging, image-guided therapy, therapeutics, biosensors, and translational medicine and personalized medicine, as well as the much broader task of covering most topics of biomedical research. The books focusses on the following topics:



Part 1: System biology and translational medicine

Aberrant Signaling Pathways: Hallmark of Cancer Cells and Target for Nanotherapeutics
Application of Nanoparticles in Cancer Treatment
Biomacromolecule-Gated Mesoporous Silica Drug Delivery Systems
Construction of Functional DNA Nanostructures for Theranostic Applications
Smart Polypeptide Nanocarriers for Malignancy Therapeutics


Part 2: Imaging and therapeutics



Dimercaptosuccinic acid-coated magnetic nanoparticles as a localized delivery system in cancer immunotherapy
Cardiovascular nanomedicine
Chitosan-based systems for sustained drug release
Nanocapsules in biomedicine: promises and challenges
Chitosan-based polyelectrolyte complexes: characteristics and application in
formulation of particulate drug carriers



Part 3: Diagnostics and featured prognostics



Non-invasive Glucose Biosensors based on Nanomaterials
Self/directed Assembly of Nanoparticles: A review on various approaches
Ion exchangers – an open window for the development of advanced materials with pharmaceutical and medical applications

New Titanium Alloys for Biomedical Applications