Nanomedicine - Basic and Clinical Applications in Diagnostics and Therapy

Preface: Pahernik, S.; Introduction: Alexiou, C.; Speakers at the Symposium; Nanoscale Drug Delivery/Drug Design; Nanocarriers for the Delivery of Drugs, Genes, and Diagnostics: Torchilin, V.P.; Synthesis of Magnetic Nanoparticles and Magnetic Fluids for Biomedical Applications: Vekas, L.; Tombacz, E.; Turcu, R.; Morjan, I.; Avdeev, M.V.; Krasia-Christoforou, T.; Socoliuc, V.; Nanotechnology-Based Spatiotemporal Controlled Drug Delivery Strategies: Biswas, S.; Kumar, C.S.S.R.; Nanotoxicity; Preclinical Efficacy and Toxicity Testing of Engineered Nanomaterials: Grossman, J.H.; McNeil, S.E.; Interactions of Carbon Nanotubes with the Immune System: Focus on Mechanisms of Internalization and Biodegradation: Fadeel, B.; Shvedova, A.A.; Kagan, V.E.; Diagnostics and Imaging; Magnetic Particle Imaging: Principles and Clinical Application: Buzug, T.M.; Sattel, T.F.; Erbe, M.; Biederer, S.; Finas, D.; Diedrich, K.; Vogt, F.; Barkhausen, J.; Borgert, J.; Ludtke-Buzug, K.; Knopp, T.; Nanoparticles in Clinical Trials: Hedgire, S.; McDermott, S.; Harisinghani, M.; Medical Applications of Plasmonic Nanoparticles: Alvarez-Puebla, R.A.; Liz-Marzan, L.M.; Pancreatic Cancer Stem Cells as New Targets for Diagnostics and Therapy: Clausell-Tormos, J.; Heeschen, C.; Therapeutic Applications; Nanomedicine Approaches for Cancer Stem Cell Targeting and Personalized Cancer Treatment: Block, I.; Schmidt, S.; Lund Hansen, P.; Riedel, A.; Christiansen, H.; Mollenhauer, J.; Targeted Iron Oxide Nanocomplex as a Theranostic Agent for Cancer: Chang, E.H.; Local Cancer Therapy with Magnetic Nanoparticles: Tietze, R.; Lyer, S.; Schreiber, E.; Mann, J.; Durr, S.; Alexiou, C.; Parameters Influencing the Efficacy of Magnetic Heating of Small Breast Tumors: Hilger, I.; Kaiser, W.A.; Antibody Therapies; Galectins, Glycans, and Mucins as Targets for Novel and Specific Antibody Therapies in Gynecologic Cancer Therapies: Jeschke, U.; Wiest, I.R.M.; Schindlbeck, C.; Dian, D.; Friese, K.; The Commercial