Preface

Rapid technological developments in nanotechnology over the last decade have brought the field of therapeutics and diagnostics into a new area defined as nanomedicine. Nanotechnological applications are being used in biomedical areas such as therapeutics, diagnostics, monitoring, visualization, tissue engineering and even surgery. This cutting-edge technology uses the latest experimental approaches from life sciences, chemistry, physics, engineering and biology to solve problems in biomedicine, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.

This book provides an overview of the nanomedicine market, including descriptions of approved products and products in clinical trials. It also covers several aspects of drug delivery and tissue regeneration using different platforms, from biological bases like phages and peptides to nonbiological bases like lipids and polymers. In addition, it examines the use of microfluidic devices as advanced diagnostic techniques.

**Islam Ahmed Hamed Khalil**

Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy and Drug Manufacturing, Misr University of Science and Technology (MUST), Giza, Egypt

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Assessing the Vascular Deformability of Erythrocytes and Leukocytes:

From Micropipettes to Microfluidics

*by Mark D. Scott, Kerryn Matthews and Hongshen Ma*

Nanoscience Department, University for Science and Technology, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Giza, Egypt

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Section 1

Introduction on

Nanomedicines

Section 1
