Academic Press Nanotechnology-Based Approaches for Targeting and Delivery of Drugs and Genes

Nanotechnology-Based Approaches for Targeting and Delivery of Drugs and Genes provides an overview of the important aspects of nanomedicine in order to illustrate how to design and develop novel and effective drug delivery systems using nanotechnology. The book is organized into three sections, beginning with an introduction to nanomedicine and its associated issues. Section two discusses the latest technologies in nanomedicine, while the third section covers future developments and challenges in the field. By focusing on the design, synthesis, and application of a variety of nanocarriers in drug and gene delivery, this book provides pharmaceutical and materials science students, professors, clinical researchers, and industry scientists with a valuable resource aimed at tackling the challenges of delivering drugs and genes in a more targeted manner. Review A detailed look at the latest technologies and strategies in nanomedicine for drug delivery that includes achievements, challenges, and solutions About the Author Dr. Vijay Mishra is an Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Department of Pharmaceutics, Lovely Institute of Technology (Pharmacy), Lovely Professional University in Phagwara, (Punjab), India. Dr. Mishra earned his doctoral degree in pharmaceutical sciences from Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. H.S. Gour Central University, (MP), India. He was the recipient of an AICTE Graduate Research Fellowship and UGC-BSR Senior Research Fellowship. He has co-authored more than 26 international publications in reputed journals, two international book chapters and one book on pharmaceutical dosage forms. His current research interests encompass surface-engineered dendrimers, carbon nanotubes, quantum dots, siRNA delivery as well as controlled and novel drug delivery systems. Dr. Prashant Kesharwani is currently working as Ramanujan Fellow at Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow. He received his doctoral degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the Dr H.S. Gour University (Sagar, India) with Prof N.K Jain’s group. He is a recipient of several internationally acclaimed awards viz “Ramanujan Fellowship, DST, India-2017, “Excellence Research Award-2014, “Young Innovator Award (Gold medal)-2012, “International Travel Award/Grant from DST (New Delhi), and INSA (CCSTDS, Chennai)-2012. He has received ICMR Senior Research Fellowship (in PhD) and AICTE Junior Research Fellowship (in M. Pharm.). After his doctorate, he worked as postdoctoral fellows in the Wayne State University, Detroit (Michigan, USA). Dr. Kesharwani subsequently joined the School of Pharmacy, International Medical University (Malaysia) as lecturer in Pharmaceutical Technology. An overarching goal of his current research is the development of nano-engineered drug delivery systems for cancer through with prime focus on dendrimer and polymeric nanomicelles mediated drug delivery systems. Dr. Kesharwani is a co-author on more than 110 publications in high impact factor international journals and 3 international books with total citations of more than 3000 (h index is 26 and i-10 index is 59 as per Google Scholar). Dr. Mohd Cairul Iqbal Mohd Amin is a Professor of Pharmaceutics in the Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He is the youngest professor appointed in the faculty and the only expert in the area of pharmaceutics in UKM. He earned his BSc (Hons) in Pharmacy in 1996 and PhD in 2001 both from the University of Manchester, United Kingdom. He is currently the Head of Drug Delivery and Novel Targeting Research Group in UKM. He also serves as panel expert in nanocellulose for drug delivery for the National Nanotechnology Centre, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia. His current research interests encompass responsive-hydrogel biomaterials for oral protein and peptide delivery, cell delivery in tissue engineering and