Drug Targeting and Stimuli Sensitive Drug Delivery Systems

Drug Targeting and Stimuli Sensitive Drug Delivery Systems covers recent advances in the area of stimuli sensitive drug delivery systems, providing an up-to-date overview of the physical, chemical, biological and multistimuli-responsive nanosystems. In addition, the book presents an analysis of clinical status for different types of nanoplatforms. Written by an internationally diverse group of researchers, it is an important reference resource for both biomaterials scientists and those working in the pharmaceutical industry who are looking to help create more effective drug delivery systems.

Shows how the use of nanomaterials can help target a drug to specific tissues and cellsExplores the development of stimuli-responsive drug delivery systemsIncludes case studies to showcase how stimuli responsive nanosystems are used in a variety of therapies, including camptothecin delivery, diabetes and cancer therapy

1. Stimuli responsive nanosystems for drug targeted delivery
2. Exploiting the stimuli-sensitive phase behavior of surfactants for delineating drug delivery systems
3. pH responsive “Intelligent” lipid based nanoconstructs for intracellular delivery of bioactives
4. Stimuli sensitive ocular drug delivery systems
5. Stimuli-Responsive Nanomaterials for Antimicrobial Drug Delivery
6. Stimuli-sensitive Delivery Systems
7. A systematic review on the smart polymeric nanocarriers for drug delivery applications
8. Stimuli sensitive systems for camptothecin delivery
9. pH sensitive nanogels: the emerging horizon in drug delivery
10. Design of targeting peptides for nanodrugs for treatment of infectious diseases and cancer
11. Nanoparticles targeting through transdermal in diabetology – an emerging drug carrier system
12. Nanoparticles for drug and gene targeting neurodegeneration in brain and eye
13. Cell and organ drug targeting using nanoparticles
14. Cellular exosomes biogenesis as a recipe for design smart drug delivery systems for cancer therapy
15. Advancements in exogeneous techniques for stimuli sensitive delivery systems
16. Ligand Directed Tumor Targeting with Hybrid Viral Phage Nanoparticles
17. Site specific drug delivery, targeting and Gene therapy
18. Stimuli Responsive Micelles: Nanoplatform for Therapeutic and Diagnostic Applications