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Informationen zum Autor Carmen Scholz is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Jorg Kressler is Professor of Physical Chemistry at The Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. Klappentext Provides detailed information on cutting-edge research in the field of polymer science for biomedical and pharmaceutical applications. Zusammenfassung Provides detailed information on cutting-edge research in the field of polymer science for biomedical and pharmaceutical applications. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; 1. Introduction to Polymers in Today's Biomedical Realm; Carmen Scholz and Jorg Kressler; Polymers with New Designs; 2. Polyether-Based Lipids Synthesized with an Epoxide Construction Kit:; Multivalent Architectures for Functional Liposomes; Sophie S. Muller, Carsten Dingels, Anna Maria Hofmann, and Holger Frey; 3. Bioactive-Based Poly(anhydride-esters) and Blends for Controlled Drug; Delivery; R. Fogaca, M. A. Ouimet, L. H. Catalani, and K. E. Uhrich; 4. Fatty Acid Modified Poly(glycerol adipate) - Polymeric Analogues of; Glycerides; T. Naolou, V. M. Weiss, D. Conrad, K. Busse, K. Mader, and J. Kressler; 5. Poly(oxazoline) Block Copolymers for Biomedical Applications; Michael J. Isaacman and Luke Theogarajan; 6. Investigating the Secondary Structure of Oligomeric Poly(amino acid)s; David Ulkoski, Tracy Armstrong, and Carmen Scholz; 7. Polymeric Micelles Stabilized by Electrostatic Interactions for Drug; Delivery; Yuichi Ohya; Modern Therapies; 8. Combating HIV-1 Entry and Fusion with Peptide-Synthetic Polymer; Conjugates; Maarten Danial and Harm-Anton Klok; 9. Cancer Stem Cells: Potential Target For Anti-Cancer Nanomedicines; Yan Zhou, Jiyuan Yang, and Jindrich Kopecek; 10. Enhanced Delivery of Polymer Therapeutics to Solid Tumors; Adam J. Gormley, Nate Larson, and Hamidreza Ghandehari; Delivery of Biomacromolecules; 11. Fine-Tuning of Repeating Aminoethyelene Units in Poly(aspartamide) Side; Chains for Enhanced siRNA Delivery; Kanjiro Miyata, R. James Christie, Tomoya Suma, Hiroyasu Takemoto,; Hirokuni Uchida, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, and Kazunori Kataoka; 12. Dendrimer-Based RNA Interference Delivery for Cancer Therapy; Leyuan Xu, W. Andrew Yeudall, and Hu Yang; 13. Challenges for PEGylated Proteins and Alternative Half-Life Extension; Technologies Based on Biodegradable Polymers; Ahmed Besheer, Robert Liebner, Martin Meyer, and Gerhard Winter; 14. Thermoresponsive Polymers with Functional Groups Selected for; Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Applications; Naohiko Shimada and Atsushi Maruyama; Tissue Engineering; 15. Biomaterial-Induced Angiogenesis To Address Peripheral Vascular Disease:; The Application of Sphere Templated Hydrogels; Dale Terasaki, Michael Sobel, Colleen Irvin, Errol Wijelath, and Buddy D. Ratner; 16. Novel Cellulose Derivatives with Mitogenic and Osteogenic Activity; Kai Zhang, Dieter Peschel, Steffen Fischer, and Thomas Groth; 17. Tailoring Silk-Based Matrices for Tissue Regeneration; A. Motta, C. Foss, and C. Migliaresi; Surfaces and Sensors; 18. Health and Safety via Surface Modification of Polyurethanes; Kenneth J. Wynne, Pinar Kurt, Kennard Brunson, Asima Chakravorty, Murari Gupta,; Wei Zhang, Lynn Wood, and Dennis E. Ohman; 19. Antimicrobial Polymers: Molecular Design as Synthetic Mimics of; Host-Defense Peptides; Edmund F. Palermo, Satyavani Vemparala, and Kenichi Kuroda; 20. Discrimination of Influenza Virus Strains and Super High Sensitive; Detection of Viruses Using Sugar Chip and Sugar-Chain Immobilized Gold; Nanoparticles; Yasuo Suda, Xu Zhang, Yuko Takahashi, Risa Yokoyama, Mami Nagatomo,; Kazue Aoyama, Toshiomi Okuno, Shigeru Saito, Saeko Morikawa, Satoshi Hiroi,; Tetsuo Kase, Naoki Murakami, Junichiro Nishi, and Masahiro Wakao; Editors' Biographies; Indexes; Author Index; Subject Index...
