Screen LibraryArtificial cells : biotechnology, nanomedicine, regenerative medicine, blood substitutes, bioencapsulation, cell/stem cell therapy /
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World Scientific,
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| Publisher Address: | Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : |
| Publication Dates: | 2007. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Regenerative medicine, artificial cells and nanomedicine ;
v. 1 |
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| Online Access: |
http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/6395#t=toc |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xxvi,455pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-440) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9812770372 (electronic bk.) 9789812770370 (electronic bk.) |
| CLC: | Q813 |
| Contents: | 50th anniversary of artificial cells -- Basic principles -- Oxygen carriers based on nanobiotechnology -- A nanobiotechnologic therapeutic that transports oxygen and remove oxygen radicals: for stroke, hemorrhagic shock and related conditions -- Nanotechnology-based artificial red blood cells (RBC's) -- Use of enzyme artificial cells for genetic enzyme defects that increase systemic substrates to toxic levels -- Enzyme artificial cells in substrate-dependent tumors and activation of prodrug -- Artificial cells for cell encapsulation -- Artificial cells containing hepatocytes and/or stem cells in regenerative medicine -- Hemoperfusion in poisoning, kidney failure, liver failure, and immunology -- Perspectives on the future of artificial cells as suggested by past research. |