**Meet the editor**

Professor Rosario Pignatello is Professor of Pharmaceutical Technology and Legislation at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Catania (Italy). He is a member of the Scientific Committee of the Inter-University Research Consortium TEFARCO Innova (Parma, Italy) and acts as an Independent Expert of the European Commission for evaluation of F6 and F7 projects under different thematic

areas: Health; ICT for Health; NMP - Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies. Rosario Pignatello is the author of about 105 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals, 15 lectures and about 140 oral and poster communications. Focus of his research activity is in the area of innovative pharmaceutical technologies in particular regards the production, physico-chemical characterization and biological evaluation of polymer micro- and nanoparticles as modified drug delivery systems, lipophilic prodrugs and conjugates, chemically engineered polymers for drug delivery and targeting, colloidal drug carriers (liposomes, SLN/NCL, and micelles) and calorimetry (DSC) studies on vesicular biomembrane models for the analysis of drug-membrane interactions, with special applications to anti-cancer drug delivery and targeting, brain delivery, and ophthalmic nanotechnology.

Contents

**Preface IX** 

Chapter 1 **Galectins: Structures, Binding** 

Chapter 2 **Biomaterials and Epithesis,** 

Leif Hermansson

Chapter 6 **Human Dentin as Novel** 

Chapter 7 **Comparative Metal Ion Binding to** 

**Native and Chemically Modified** 

Gary D. Rayson and Patrick A. Williams

Chapter 4 **Ulvan: A Versatile Platform of** 

**Part 1 New Materials for Biomedical Applications:** 

Christiane E. Römer and Lothar Elling

G. Fini, L.M. Moricca, A. Leonardi, S. Buonaccorsi and V. Pellacchia

**Ca-Aluminate Based Bioceramics 47** 

Federica Chiellini and Andrea Morelli

Chapter 5 **Silanization with APTES for Controlling** 

Chapter 3 **Nanostructural Chemically Bonded** 

**Chemical and Engineering Interventions 1** 

**Properties and Function in Cell Adhesion 3** 

**Our Experience in Maxillo Facial Surgery 29** 

**Biomaterials from Renewable Resources 75** 

**and Biocomponents: Reality vs Expectation 99**  Jessem Landoulsi, Michel J. Genet, Karim El Kirat, Caroline Richard, Sylviane Pulvin and Paul G. Rouxhet

Masaru Murata, Toshiyuki Akazawa, Masaharu Mitsugi, In-Woong Um, Kyung-Wook Kim and Young-Kyun Kim

*Datura innoxia* **Immobilized Biomaterials 141** 

**the Interactions Between Stainless Steel** 

**Biomaterial for Bone Regeneration 127** 
