Nanomedicine for the Treatment of Disease
From Concept to Application

This new volume, Nanomedicine for the Treatment of Disease: From Concept to Application, looks at the application of nanomedicines with a particular focus on their use in the treatment of diseases. The chapters in this volume, contributed by eminent scientists, researchers, and nanotechnologists from across the globe, highlight key advancements, challenges, and opportunities in the area of application of nanomedicines for disease treatment. They explore the design and development of therapeutic nanocarriers for targeting drugs for satiating the demands of disease treatment process.

The volume explores the use nanomedicines for the diagnosis and treatment of a multitude various diseases and health conditions, including respiratory diseases, neurological disorders, genetic diseases, pulmonary fungal infections, neuroAIDS, cardiovascular disorders, gastric and colonic diseases, skin disorders, cancer, brain tumors, leishmaniasis and other visceral diseases, hypertension, and ocular diseases.

1. Nanomedicine and Diseases: An Updated Overview 2. Multitasking Role of Dendrimers: Drug Delivery and Disease Targeting 3. Nanomedicines for the Treatment of Respiratory Diseases4. Nanomedicine for the Treatment of Neurological Disorders 5. Nanomedicinal Genetic Manipulation: Promising Strategy to Treat Some Genetic Diseases 6. Nanomedicine: Could It Be a Boon for Pulmonary Fungal Infections?? 7. Nanotechnological Approaches for Management of Neuroaids 8. Nanomedicines for the Treatment of Cardiovascular Disorders 9. Nanomedicines for the Treatment of Gastric and Colonic Diseases 10. Angiogenesis Treatment with CD13 Targeting Nanomedicines 11. Liposomal Nanomedicines as State-of-the-Art in the Treatment of Skin Disorders 12. Conventional to Novel Targeted Approaches for Brain Tumor: The Role of Nanomedicines for Effective Treatment 13. Macrophage Targeting: A Promising Strategy for Delivery of Chemotherapeutics in Leishmaniasis and Other Visceral Diseases 14. Nanomedicine for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer 15. Nanomedicine Therapeutic Approaches to Overcome Hypertension 16. Nanomedicine for the Treatment of Ocular Diseases 17. Nanomedicine for Radiation Therapy