iSmithers

Lipid nanocarriers in cancer diagnosis and therapy.

Souto (health sciences, Fernando Pessoa U., and Institute of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, U. of Trás-os-Montes an Alto Douro, Portugal) brings together researchers in pharmaceutical sciences, chemistry, biology, medicine, and surgery from around the world for 16 chapters on the fundamental principles and challenges in the field of lipid nanocarriers for drug delivery and targeting relevant to cancer therapy. They discuss how alteration of some of their properties can impact the therapeutic efficacy, adverse side effects, and potential use of these multifunctional lipid nanocarriers for image-guided drug delivery. They first discuss the fundamentals behind the rationale of developing these nanocarriers for cancer diagnosis, prevention, and therapy, then more specific applications, such as with lung, breast, brain, skin, and ocular cancer targeting, and adrenocortical tumors. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Practical guide to high performance engineering plastics.

Ten chapters review the chemistry, manufacturing processes, properties, and primary industrial uses of polyarylethersulfones and polyaryletherimides, semi-aromatic polyamides, polyphenylene sulfide, polyaryetherketones, polymideimides, polyimides, polybenzimidazole, liquid crystal polyesters, polyphenylenes, and perfluoropolymers. The slim book clarifies why materials are chosen for certain commercial applications, why those materials have particular properties, and how those properties can be modified. The opening chapter discusses temperature performance, chemical resistance, mechanical performance, color measurement, structural characterization, the economics of processing, fiber reinforcement, and high-performance plastics for medical devices. The text is appropriate for materials and chemical engineers. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)