Nanoparticles in Translational Science and Medicine

• Liposomes and other vesicular systems: structural characteristics, methods of preparation and use in nanomedicineElisa Elizondo, Evelina Moreno, Ingrid Cabrera, Alba Córdoba, Santi Sala, Jaume Veciana and Nora VentosaLuminescent quantum dots, making invisibles visible in bioimagingMitsuru Ishikawa and Vasudevanpillai BijuFabrication of dendrimers towards biological applicationHsieh-Chih Tsai and Toyoko ImaeCarbohydrate-based Nanoparticles for Potential Applications in MedicineMarco Marradi, Isabel García and Soledad PenadésCarbon nanotubes: Engineering biomedical applicationsDiego A. Gomez-Gualdrón, Juan C. Burgos, Jiamei Yu, and Perla B. BalbuenaEngineered biological entities for drug delivery and gene therapy: Protein NanoparticlesJoan Domingo-Espín, Ugutz Unzueta, Paolo Saccardo, Escarlata Rodríguez-Carmona, José Luís Corchero, Esther Vázquez, and Neus Ferrer-MirallesPolymer nanoparticlesXiao-Yun Lu, Dao-Cheng Wu, Zheng-Jun Li, Guo-Qiang ChenNanobiotechnology and Personalized MedicineK. K. JainTissue Engineering Using Magnetite NanoparticlesAkira Ito and Masamichi KamihiraPeptide nanoparticles for oligonucleotide deliveryTaavi Lehto, Kariem Ezzat and Ülo LangelNanoparticles in molecular diagnosticsPedro V. Baptista1, Gonçalo Doria1, Pedro Quaresma1, Miguel Cavadas, Cristina S. Neves, Inês Gomes, Peter Eaton, Eulália Pereira, Ricardo FrancoNanoparticles in Cancer ChemotherapyDeboshri Banerjee and Shiladitya SenguptaNanoparticles in gene therapy: principles, prospects and challengesChunxi Liu, Na ZhangCell Delivery of Therapeutic Nanoparticles JoEllyn McMillan, Elena Batrakova, and Howard E. Gendelman

Praise for the series:"Full of interest not only for the molecular biologist-for whom the numerous references will be invaluable-but will also appeal to a much wider circle of biologists, and in fact to all those who are concerned with the living cell." --British Medical Journal