Infectious Diseases and Nanomedicine I

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Auger-Architectomics: Introducing a New Nanotechnology to Infectious Disease

   • Chantel W. Swart, Carolina H. Pohl, Johan L. F. Kock

   Pages 1-8

3. Rational Design of Antigens to Improve the Serodiagnosis of Tick-Borne Borreliosis in Central Regions of Russia

   • Evgenia Baranova, Pavel Solov′ev, Evgeny Panfertsev, Anastasia Baranova, Galina Feduykina, Liubov Kolombet et al.

   Pages 9-21

4. Ayurvedic Bhasmas: Overview on Nanomaterialistic Aspects, Applications, and Perspectives

   • Rameshwar Adhikari

   Pages 23-32

5. Nanobiosensors: Role in Cancer Detection and Diagnosis

   • Andrew Gdowski, Amalendu P. Ranjan, Anindita Mukerjee, Jamboor K. Vishwanatha

   Pages 33-58

6. Cell Compatible Arginine Containing Cationic Polymer: One-Pot Synthesis and Preliminary Biological Assessment

   • Nino Zavradashvili, Tamar Memanishvili, Nino Kupatadze, Lucia Baldi, Xiao Shen, David Tugushi et al.

   Pages 59-73

7. Neuroinvasive and Neurotropic Human Respiratory Coronaviruses: Potential Neurovirulent Agents in Humans

   • Marc Desforges, Alain Le Coupanec, Élodie Brison, Mathieu Meessen-Pinard, Pierre J. Talbot

   Pages 75-96

8. Bacteriophages as Potential Treatment Option for Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria

   • Robert Bragg, Wouter van der Westhuizen, Ji-Yun Lee, Elke Coetsee, Charlotte Boucher

   Pages 97-110

9. Back Matter

   Pages 111-119

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The book addresses the interdisciplinary scientific approach for the systemic understanding of connections between major human diseases and their treatment regime by applying the tools and techniques of nanotechnology. It also highlights the interdisciplinary collaborative researches for innovation in Biomedical Sciences. The book is a first volume which presents collection of best papers presented in the First International Conference on Infectious Diseases and Nanomedicine held during Dec. 15-18, 2012 in Kathmandu, Nepal. The book focuses mainly on the topics: emerging infectious diseases; antimicrobial agents, vaccines and immunity; drug design, drug delivery and tissue engineering and nanomaterials and biomedical materials.

• Biomedical Materials
• Drug Design and Delivery
• Emerging Infectious Diseases
• ICIDN 2012
• Nanomedicine
• Tissue Engineering
• infectious diseases

• Central Department of Chemistry, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

  Rameshwar Adhikari

• Department of Microbiology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

  Santosh Thapa

Dr. Rameshwar Adhikari is Associate Professor at Central Department of Chemistry, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu. He has been Invited Professor in Rouen University (France), Mahatma Gandhi University (India) and Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan). He is member of Nepal Chemical Society and German Engineers Society. He has been bestowed several awards including Ambassador Scientist of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Fellowship of International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and POLYCHAR World Forum International Materials Science Prize. He is President of Nepal Polymer Institute and has convened several International Congresses, Symposia and Workshops. His research areas include nanomaterials, biopolymers and biomedical materials. He has authored over 100 research papers in peer reviewed journals, co-authored 4 text books and edited 2 books.

Mr. Santosh Thapa completed his M. Sc. (Medical Microbiology) from Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu in 2003 and taught relatedcourses to undergraduate students at departments of microbiology of Tribhuvan University and affiliated colleges. He is the founder General Secretary of Nepalese Association of Medical Microbiology, members of American Society for Microbiology and Society for Applied Microbiology and associated with International Union of Microbiological Societies. He has worked for organizing several international conferences and workshops and has authored 5 research papers in peer reviewed journals. Currently, he is at Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, USA for his Ph. D study.

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