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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*

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

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

Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy and Drug Manufacturing,

**Islam Ahmed Hamed Khalil**

Zewail City of Science and Technology,

Giza, Egypt

Giza, Egypt

Misr University of Science and Technology (MUST),

Nanoscience Department, University for Science and Technology,

biomedicine, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.

diagnostic techniques.
