Dendrimer-Based Nanomedicine

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Istvan Majoros, James R. Baker, Jr.
Pan Stanford Publishing, May 31, 2008 - Medical - 407 pages

In recent decades, dendrimers — free-shaped synthetic macromolecules — have garnered a great deal of scientific interest because of their unique molecular nanostructure. Used in a variety of scientific applications, dendrimers are now widely regarded as a safer, more precise and more effective way to practice medicine.

This book compiles and details cutting-edge research in science and medicine from the interdisciplinary team of the Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and Biological Sciences, which is currently revolutionizing drug delivery techniques through the development of engineered nanodevices. Edited by Istvan J. Majoros and James R. Baker Jr, two prominent nanotechnology researchers, this book will appeal to anyone involved in nanotechnology, macromolecular science, cancer therapy or drug delivery research.

 

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James R. Baker, Jr, MD, is a professor of medicine and division chief of alergy and clinical immunology in the department of internal medicine; a professor of biomedical engineering in the school of engineering at the University of Michigan; and the director of the Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and Biological Science (M-NIMBS). His research includes the application of nanomaterials to cellular engineering, targeted drug delivery and gene transfer. He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.