Full Description
This book addresses the critical challenge in cancer treatment, focusing on the precise delivery of therapeutic agents to cancer cells while sparing healthy tissue. It emphasizes the limitations of current cancer therapies and highlights the potential of nanotechnology to revolutionize cancer treatment. It discusses how core-shell nano constructs, with their enhanced stability, biocompatibility, and targeting capabilities, emerge as a promising solution. The book covers the synthesis of novel core-shell nano constructs while elaborating on the chemistry involved in their fabrication. It explores various therapeutic and diagnostic applications of these nano constructs in cancer treatment, considering different materials such as polymers, lipids, and metals and the importance of diagnostics, biosensors, and targeting strategies to achieve site-specific delivery while minimizing toxicity to healthy cells.
Additionally, the book addresses regulatory and commercialization aspects,emphasizing the need for comprehensive characterization techniques to assess the effectiveness of core-shell nano constructs. This book is an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and professionals in the field.
Contents
1 Introduction and Basic considerations of core shell nanoconstructs
.- Chapter 1: Introduction to core shell nanoconstructs in cancer theragnostics.- Chapter 2: Physicochemical properties of core shell nanoconstructs.- Chapter 3: Surface chemistries and targeting strategies of core shell nanoconstructs in cancer theragnostics.- Chapter 4: Tumor microenvironment-responsive core shell nanoconstructs in cancer theragnostics .- Chapter 5: Core shell nanoconstructs for cancer-based biomedical applications.- Chapter 6: Core/multi-shell type of core shell nanoconstructs for cancer theragnostics.- Chapter 7: Core shell nanoconstructs in cancer biosensing: Techniques, Applications, and Fabrication Strategies.- Chapter 8: Characterization and Evaluation techniques for core shell nanoconstructs for cancer theragnostics
2 Organic/Organic Core Shell Nanoconstructs
.- Chapter 9: Polymer/polymer core shell nanoconstructs for cancer theragnostics .- Chapter 10:Polymer/Lipid core shell nanoconstructs for cancer theragnostics.- Chapter 11:Lipid/Polymer core shell nanoconstructs for cancer theragnostics
3 Inorganic/Organic Core shell Nanoconstructs
.- Chapter 12:Magnetic/Organic core shell nanoconstructs for cancer theragnostics .- Chapter 13:Non-magnetic/Organic core shell nanoconstructs for cancer theragnostics
4 Organic/Inorganic Core Shell Nanoconstructs
.- Chapter 14:Advances in Organic/Magnetic core shell nanoconstructs for cancer theragnostics.- Chapter 15:Innovative Organic/Non-magnetic core shell nanoconstructs: Pioneering Precision in Cancer Theragnostics
5 Inorganic/Inorganic Core Shell Nanoconstructs
.- Chapter 16:Silica/Non-silica-based core shell nanoconstructs for cancer theragnostics.- Chapter 17:Semiconductor/Non-semiconductor-based core shell nanoconstructs for cancer theragnostics.- Chapter 18:Lanthanide-based core shell nanoconstructs for cancer theragnostics.- Chapter 19: Upconversion core shell nanoconstructs for cancer theragnostics
6 Toxicological and Regulatory Aspects
.- Chapter 20: Toxicological aspects of core shell nanoconstructs .- Chapter 21: Clinical applications and Commercialization challenges of core shell nanoconstructs.
