Polymeric Biomaterials

Biomaterials have had a major impact on the practice of contemporary medicine and patient care. Growing into a major interdisciplinary effort involving chemists, biologists, engineers, and physicians, biomaterials development has enabled the creation of high-quality devices, implants, and drug carriers with greater biocompatibility and biofunctionality. The fast-paced research and increasing interest in finding new and improved biocompatible or biodegradable polymers has provided a wealth of new information, transforming this edition of Polymeric Biomaterials into a two-volume set. This volume, Polymeric Biomaterials: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Applications, contains 28 authoritative chapters written by experts from around the world. Contributors cover the following topics: Processing polymeric biomaterials into specific forms that ensure biocompatibility and biodegradability for use in various applications in the medical and pharmaceutical arenas Use of biomaterials to address medical issues such as pulmonary disease, cancer, heart disease, tissue damage, and bone disease Applications including a variety of drug delivery systems, medical devices, anticancer therapies, biological uses for hydrogels, nanotechnology, bioartificial organs, and tissue engineering Completely revised and expanded, this state-of-the-art reference presents recent developments in polymeric biomaterials and the most up-to-date applications of biomaterials in medicine. "This third edition set is a versatile and comprehensive book, presenting new and substantially revised topics, and combining the basic fundamentals of the field of biomaterials with the industrial applications. Thus, the book is a very useful tool for scientists, engineers, pharmacists and other experts from different disciplines, as well as for teachers, graduate and undergraduate students interested in this area." -Diana Ciolacu, Cellulose Chem. Technol., 47 (5-6), 487-494 (2013)

Antithrombin-Heparin Complexes Leslie R. Berry and Anthony K.C. Chan Glucose-Sensitive Hydrogels Seong Hoon Jeong, Kyung T. Oh, and Kinam Park Advances in Polymeric and Lipid-Core Micelles as Drug Delivery Systems Tiziana Musacchio and Vladimir P. Torchilin Modular Biomimetic Drug Delivery Systems Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo, Fernando Yanez- Gomez, and Angel Concheiro Polymeric Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery Karine Andrieux, Julien Nicolas, Laurence Moine, and Gillian Barratt Drug Carrier Systems for Anticancer Agents Hiroyuki Koide, Tomohiro Asai, Kosuke Shimizu, and Naoto Oku Application of Polymer Drugs to Medical Devices and Preparative Medicine M.R. Aguilar, L. Garcia-Fernandez, M.L. Lopez-Donaire, F. Parra, L. Rojo, G. Rodriguez, M.M. Fernandez, and J. San Roman Polymer Implants for Intratumoral Drug Delivery and Cancer Therapy Brent D. Weinberg and Jinming Gao Biological Stimulus-Responsive Hydrogels A.K. Bajpai, Sanjana Kankane, Raje Chouhan, and Shilpi Goswami Polymeric Materials for Surface Modification of Living Cells Yuji Teramura, Hao Chen, Naohiro Takemoto, Kengo Sakurai, and Hiroo Iwata Biomedical Applications of Shape Memory Polymers and Their Nanocomposites I. Sedat Gunes and Sadhan C. Jana Bioadhesive Drug Delivery Systems Ryan F. Donnelly and A. David Woolfson Nanomedicines Coming of Age Radoslav Savic, Jinzi Zheng, Christine Allen, and Dusica Maysinger Polymers for Myocardial Tissue Engineering J.A. Roether, H. Jawad, R. Rai, N.N. Ali, S.E. Hardling, and A.R. Boccaccini Acellular Tubular Grafts Constructed from Natural Materials in Vascular Tissue Engineering M.J.W. Koens, A.G. Krasznai, J.A. van der Vliet, T. Hendriks, R.G. Wismans, K.A. Faraj, W.F. Daamen, and T.H. van Kuppevelt pH-Responsive Polymers for Delivery of Nucleic Acid Therapeutics Yu Nie and Ernst Wagner Adhesive Biomaterials for Tissue Repair and Reconstruction Sujata K. Bhatia Polymeric Interactions with Drugs and Excipients James C. DiNunzio and James W. McGinity Manufacturing Multifunctional Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Vincenzo Guarino, Antonio Gloria, Roberto De Santis, and Luigi Ambrosio Virus-Based Nanoparticles as Drug Delivery Systems Eva Roblegg and Andreas Zimmer Polymeric Biomaterials in Pulmonary Drug Delivery Nicole A. Beinborn and Robert O. Williams III Polymeric Gene Delivery Carriers for Pulmonary Diseases Xiang Gao, Regis R. Vollmer, and Song Li Biomedical Application of Membranes in Bioartificial Organs and Tissue Engineering Thomas Groth, Xiao-Jun Huang, and Zhi-Kang Xu Controlled Release Systems for Bone Regeneration Hossein Hosseinkhani Controlled Release Systems Targeting Angiogenesis Stephanie Deshayes, Karine Gionnet, Victor Maurizot, and Gerard Deleris Bioceramics for Development of Bioartificial Liver Tomokazu Matsuura and Mamoru Aizawa Materials Biofunctionalization for Tissue Regeneration Laura Cipolla, Laura Russo, Nasrin Shaikh, and Francesco Nicotra Polymers-Based Devices for Dermal and Transdermal Delivery Donatella Paolino, Margherita Vono, and Felisa Cilurzo