Nanotechnology and Human Health

Nanotechnology in Human Health details the various challenges faced in human healthcare settings, and how nanotechnology can be used to target and improve these.

This book describes the application of nanoparticles in the diagnosis of human diseases - including metabolic diseases, cancer, bacterial infection and organ degeneration - and the various targeted, nano-based treatments available. Several chapters look at how microbial biofilms - a key clinical concern - can be mitigated using nanomaterials and nanotechnology, and analyse how different nanoparticle types can be utilized as therapeutic agents.

Nanotechnology in Human Health combines materials science concepts and techniques with clinical insights and understanding, to provide an interdisciplinary reference for materials scientists, microbiologists, biomedical engineers and clinicians with an interest in nanotechnology.