Overview
- Reviews the application of nanomaterials in cancer diagnosis and therapy
- Summarizes the potential of bioinspired drug delivery systems in cancer therapy
- Discusses the role of nanoparticles in treating solid tumors, leukemia and lymphoma
- Presents nanoparticle-mediated cancer immunotherapy
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Arshi Malik is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, King Khalid University. Previously, he worked as a Research Associate at the Wellman Laboratories of Photo medicine and Photobiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and as an Assistant Researcher at the University of Wisconsin. His main research interest is in chemoprevention and chemotherapy using various natural agents. He has extensive experience with human tissue cultures, orthotopic/ecotopic implantations of tumors in rodents, tail vein injections, and surgery on small animals. He is a member of various scientific societies, including the American Association of Cancer Research, USA, and Society of Investigative Dermatology, USA. To date, he has published 30 research articles in peer-reviewed international journals and has contributed one book chapter.
Sarah Afaq is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, King Khalid University. Previously, she was an honorary associate at the Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, and an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biochemistry, Roorkee College of Pharmacy, Roorkee, India. She has extensive experience in human cancer and embryonic stem cell lines as well as blood screening for anti-DNA antibodies in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus patients, as well as nanotechnology-based techniques for the design and delivery of drug molecules. She is a member of numerous scientific societies, including the Clinical Immunology Society, USA and International Society for Stem Cell Research, USA. To date, she has published more than 20 research articles in peer-reviewed international journals.
Mohammed Tarique is a Dr. D.S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences (CIRBSc), Jamia Millia Islamia, India. Holding a Ph.D. in Plasmodium Biology from the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India, his research focuses on understanding the biology of Plasmodium towards the development of novel drugs. He has published more than 20 research articles in peer-reviewed international journals. Currently serves on the editorial boards of numerous journals, including the International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, American Journal of BioScience, and Cell & Cellular Life Sciences Journal.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Nanomedicine for Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy
Editors: Arshi Malik, Sarah Afaq, Mohammed Tarique
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7564-8
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-7563-1Published: 01 July 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-7566-2Published: 02 July 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-7564-8Published: 30 June 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 249
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 35 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cancer Research