Biomedical nanotechnology is one of the fastest-growing fields of research across the globe.

However, even the most promising technologies may never realise their full potential if public and political opinions are galvanised against them, a situation clearly evident in such controversial fields as cloning and stem cell research.

Biomedical Nanotechnology presents state-of-the-art research in the field and also considers the socio-political risks and perceptions of this important science.

Contributed to by prominent experts in this expansive and interdisciplinary field, Biomedical Nanotechnology examines developments in three sub-fields: nanodrugs and drug delivery; prostheses and implants; and diagnostics and screening technologies.

The authors compare new capabilities introduced by nanotechnology to traditional methods of release, target, and controlled drug delivery in the body.

They also consider the challenge of understanding and controlling the biological processes involved upon implantation and discuss nanoscale sensors for biological chemical detection and biodefense.

Palgrave Macmillan

Neelina H. Malsch, Malsch TechnoValuation, Utrech

232 pp hardback

ISBN 9780824725792