Nanosensors in Healthcare Diagnostics

Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-0-443-19129-9
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 850 g

Nanosensors in Healthcare Diagnostics examines the role of nanosensors in clinical microbiology, point-of-care sensing, clinical diagnostics, and therapy.

This book addresses the concept of nanosensors and their utilization in healthcare diagnostics, and therapy. It covers the principles and mechanisms involved in nanosensor-based diagnostics platforms. It also discusses various approaches and techniques used in the preparation of nanosensors as well as the biomedical application of nanosensors in clinical diagnostics and their significance in the detection, treatment, and management of diseases. This book is a useful reference for researchers, graduate students, and industry professionals studying nanosensors in biological and medical sciences.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sharma, Abhinay

Bhargava, Prachi

Prasad, Ram

Choudhary, Devendra Kumar

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Materialwissenschaft: Biomaterialien, Nanomaterialien, Kohlenstoff
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Biotechnologie Biosensoren 
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik, Medizinische Werkstoffe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Nanobiosensors for point-of-care diagnostic applications
2. Gold-conjugated polymeric nanoparticles as biosensors
3. Biosensors for detection of Alzheimer’s disease: a review
4. Nanodrug delivery-a noble approach in neurodegenerative disorder and glioblastoma
5. Advancements in nanosensors for an early detection of cancer
6. Biomedical applications of nanobiosensors in cancer-recent advances and future prospects
7. Nanomaterial-based nanosensors for food safety applications
8. Nanosensors in medical microbiology
9. Nanosensors technology for diagnosis of viral infections
10. Nanosensor-based therapeutic interventions to diagnose and cure bacterial infections
11. Use of nanotechnology in diagnosis and cure of mycotic infections
12. Potential applications of nanotechnology in management of parasitic diseases
13. Green-synthesized nanoparticles for biomedical sensor technology

Über Autor(innen)

Choudhary, Devendra Kumar
Dr. Devendra Kumar Choudhary is a member of the National Academy of Sciences (MNASc), India. He was included in the Top 2% world scientists list published in PLoS Biology (A Stanford University Study). He holds a PhD in Microbiology and is currently working as an Associate Professor at Amity University, Noida. He has published over 90 articles in renowned national and international journals.

Sharma, Abhinay
Dr. Abhinay Sharma is currently a PBC postdoctoral fellow in Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at The Institute for Medical Research - Israel-Canada (IMRIC), Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. Dr. Sharma also worked as CNPq postdoctoral fellow from 2011 to 2012 in the Department of Physiology at the Bioscience Institute, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, a Postdoctoral fellow from 2012 to 2013 in Department of Medical Microbiology at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, and was an Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellow from 2013 to 2016 in the Department of Vaccinology at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany.

Bhargava, Prachi
Dr. Prachi Bhargava has over 20 years of teaching and research experience in microbial molecular biology and is currently working as an Associate Professor at Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University, Lucknow. She has worked as a Principal Investigator on various major GOI-sponsored projects and was recently involved in a project sponsored by SERB, New Delhi. As an active researcher, Dr. Bhargava has published numerous research and review articles in respected journals and authored several book chapters.

Prasad, Ram
Dr. Ram Prasad is an Associate Professor at Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Bihar, India. Dr. Prasad has served as an Assistant Professor Amity University Uttar Pradesh, India; Visiting Assistant Professor, Whiting School of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States, and Research Associate Professor at School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. Dr. Prasad has more than two hundred publications to his credit, including research papers, review articles, and book chapters; has edited or authored several books; and has five patents issued or pending. He's on the editorial boards of a number of journals, and his research interests include plant-microbe interaction, agriculture sustainability, nanobiotechnology, and applied microbiology.