v

“9.61x6.69” b2815 Tissue Engineering and Nanotheranostics

Preface

This book is about underlying concepts and recent developments in

nanotechnology, tissue engineering, and nanomedicine. In short, the

title terms “Nano Theranostics” refer to diagnosis and therapy using

nanotechnology.

The authors of the chapters have attempted to address the subject

matter and the corresponding issues in a tutorial manner so that they

are readily accessible to technical nonspecialists and university stu-

dents. Many new concepts are introduced and explained in terms of

established theories and experimental data.

The book is divided into two parts: (1) Tissue engineering and

(2) Nanomedicine. Tissue engineering refers to biomaterials devel-

opment for skeletal regeneration and stem cell cased translational

medicine. Nanomedicine refers to drug delivery imaging, biosens-

ing, and localized treatment of cancer via various chemical and physi-

cal means.

Interestingly tissue engineering and nanomedicine are both

“biomaterials”, but they are better characterized by their biological

outcomes. While the objective of tissue engineering is cell wellbeing

and soft tissue regeneration, the objective of nanomedicine is the

destruction of cells (cancer cells). That is tissue engineering promotes

“good cells” while nanomedicine suppresses “bad cells”.

b2815_FM.indd 5 10/10/2017 12:06:33 PM