Main description:

Understanding the importance of nanosciences is somewhat problematic as a great deal of text can be rather technical in nature with little consideration to the novice. In this book information is readable as it has sections for the novice and expert alike. Each chapter has an abstract, "key facts", and a "mini-dictionary" of key terms and phrases within each chapter. Each chapter has a summary in point form The book covers for example, introductions to the field, lipid matrix nanoparticles, atomic force microscopy, characterization of tissues at the nanometer scale, antisense oligonucleotides, carbon nanotubes, nanocomposites, nanorods, carbon nanomaterials, nanolabeled diabetogenic, nanofiber wound dressings, and nanotechnology footsocks.

Contents:

General Aspects Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine in Diabetes: An Overview, Denison J. Kuruvilla, and A.K. Salem Lipid Matrix Nanoparticles in Diabetes, Eliana B. Souto, Joana F. Fangueiro, and Selma S. Souto Atomic Force Microscopy: An Enabling Nanotechnology for Diabetes Research, Brian J. Rodriguez and Suzanne P. Jarvis Characterization of Tissues at the Nanometer Scale Using the Atomic Force Microscope, Applications to Red Blood Cells in Diabetes, Huai-Hong Cai, Pei-Hui Yang and Jiye Cai Nanocarriers of Antisense Oligonucleotides in Diabetes, Novella Rapini, Nunzio Bottini, and Massimo Bottini Glucose Carbon Nanotubes Coupled to siRNA Generates Efficient Transfection and is a Tool for Examining Glucose Uptake in Skeletal Muscle, Johanna T Lanner, and Hakan Westerblad Glucose Sensors Based on Functional Nanocomposites, Kwang Pill Lee, A.I. Gopalan, and Shanmugasundaram Komathi Zinc Oxide Nanorods and their Application to Intracellular Glucose Measurements, M.H. Asif, Magnus Willander, Peter Stralfors, and Bengt Danielsson Insulin Nanoprobes to Monitor Cell Processes in the Pancreas: Claire Billotey, Caroline Aspord, Florence Gazeau, Pascal Perriat, Olivier Tillement Charles Thivolet, and Marc Janier Mucoadhesive Nanoparticles for Oral Delivery of Insulin, S. Sajeesh , Chandra P. Sharma, and Christine Vauthier Insulin-nanoparticles for Transdermal Absorption, Jiangling Wan, Huibi Xu, and Xiangliang Yang Applications of Carbon Nanomaterials for MALDI-TOF-MS and Electrochemical Analysis of Insulin, Stefan A. Schonbichler, Lukas K.H. Bittner, Johannes D. Pallua, Verena A. Huck-Pezzei, Christine Pezzei, Gunther K. Bonn, and Christian W. Huck Drugs and Treatments Second Generation Sulfonylurea Glipizide Loaded Biodegradable Nanoparticles in Diabetes, S. Saraf, S. Saraf, and Lan-Anh Le Immune Protection for Transplanted Pancreatic Islets by Nano-encapsulation Strategies: A Chemist's Insight, Silke Krol, Ana Maria Waaga-Gasser, and Piero Marchetti Nanoparticles, Interleukin-10 and Autoimmune Diabetes, R. Mandke, A. Basarkar, and J. Singh In vivo MR Imaging of Nanolabeled Diabetogenic T Cells, A. Kavishwar, Zdravka Medarova, and Anna Moore Nanoparticle-mediated Delivery of Angiogenic Inhibitors in Diabetic Retinopathy, Krysten M. Farjo, Rafal Farjo, Ronald Wassel, and Jian-xing Ma Drug Loaded Nanofiber Matrices as Diabetic Wound Dressings, William Gionfriddo and L.S. Nair Poly-N-acetyl Glucosamine Nanofibers in Diabetic Wounding, R.C. Muise-Helmericks Nanotechnology Footsocks for Diabetic Foot, Alberto Piaggesi, Elisabetta Iacopi, Elisa Banchellini, and Laura Ambrosini Nobili Nanosciences, Diabetes and the Patient, Colin Martin, Lan-Anh Le, Ross J. Hunter, V.B. Patel, and Victor R. Preedy