xiAbout the Author
Professor K. K. Jain is a neurologist/neurosurgeon by training and has been work-
ing in the biotechnology/biopharmaceuticals industry for several years. He received
graduate training in both Europe and USA, has held academic positions in several
countries, and is a Fellow of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine of the Royal
College of Physicians of UK. Currently, he is a consultant at Jain PharmaBiotech.
He has been working on developing personalized therapy by integrating new tech-
nologies in addition to genomics since 1997. His monograph with the title
Personalized Medicine published in 1998 was the fi rst treatise on this topic. Over
the years, it went through several editions until it evolved into the Textbook of
Personalized Medicine , published by Springer in 2009. It was translated into
Japanese in 2012 and the current version is the second edition of this book.
Professor Jain’s 452 publications include 25 books (5 as editor + 20 as author)
and 50 special reports, which have covered important areas in biotechnology, gene
therapy, and biopharmaceuticals. His important recent books include Handbook of
Nanomedicine (Springer 2008; Chinese edition, Peking University Press 2011; 2nd
ed Springer 2012), Handbook of Biomarkers (Springer 2010), Handbook of
Neuroprotection (Springer 2010), Drug-induced Neurological Disorders , 3rd ed
(Hogrefe 2011), Applications of Biotechnology in Cardiovascular Disorders
(Springer 2011), Applications of Biotechnology in Neurology (Springer 2013), and
Applications of Biotechnology in Oncology (Springer 2014). He has edited Applied
Neurogenomics (January 2015).