Advanced Biomaterials in Biomedical Engineering and Drug Delivery Systems (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

Advanced Biomaterials.- Controlled Release Systems Using Swellable Random and Block Copolymers and Terpolymers.- Polymer Gel-A New Type of Soft Energy Transducer.- Communicating with the Building Blocks of Life Using Advanced Macromolecular Transducers.- Water-Soluble Nucleic Acid Analogs-Preparation and Properties.- Intelligent Materials.- Functional Synthetic and Semisynthetic Polymers in Biomedical Applications.- Bioconjugates from Synthetic Polymers-How They Can Be Married?.- Plasma Modification of Polymeric Surfaces for Biomedical Applications.- New Polymeric Materials Design for Biomedical Applications.- Novel Approaches to Drug Delivery Systems and Future Trends.- New Oral Drug Delivery System.- Penetration of Polymeric Drug Carriers into K562 Cells.- Novel Bioadhesive, pH- and Temperature-Sensitive Graft Copolymers for Prolonged Mucosal Drug Delivery.- Enhanced Intestinal Absorption of Peptides by Complexation of the Partially Denatured Peptide.- Controlled Drug Delivery Formulation with Safe Polymers.- Supramolecular Assemblies for Improved Drug Delivery System.- Biodegradable Polyphosphazenes for Biomedical Applications.- Receptor-Mediated Cell Specific Delivery of Drugs to the Liver and Kidney.- Biorecognizable Biomedical Polymers.- Nanoscopic Vehicles with Core-Shell Structure for Drug Targeting.- Third Phase in Polymer Drug Development-SMANCS As a Prototype Model Drug for Cancer Treatment.- Development of a Tetracycline Delivery System for the Treatment of Periodontal Disease Using a Semisolid Poly(ortho ester).- Mechanistic Aspects of Transdermal Drug Transport.- Transbuccal Delivery of Polar Compounds.- Receptor-Mediated Targeting of Peptides and Proteins.- Temperature Sensitive Polymers for Delivery of Macromolecular Drugs.- Biomedical Engineering.- Novel Biomaterials As Artifical Cornea via Plasma Induced Grafted Polymerization.- Ultrathin Polymeric Films As Biomedical Interfaces of Controlled Chemical Architecture.- Randomness and Biospecificity: Random Copolymers Are Endowed with Biospecific Properties.- Strategy and Bionic Design of Vital Functioning Vascular Wall Reconstruction.- Surface Modification of Biomaterials by Topographic and Chemical Patterning.- Interleukin-4 Mediated Foreign Body Giant Cell Formation and Cytoskeletal Rearrangement on Poly(etherurethane urea) In Vivo and In Vitro.- Polymer-Supported Tissue Engineering.- New Frontier of Biomimetic Glycotechnology for Cellular and Tissue Engineering.- Control of Healing with Photopolymerizable Biodegradable Hydrogels.- A Novel Biomaterial: Aramid-Silicone Resin.- Gradient Surfaces As Tools to Study Biocompatibility.- Preparation of Self-Assembled Biomimetic Membranes and Their Functions.- Synthesis and Cell-Adhesion Properties of Polyurethanes Containing Covalently Grafted RGD-Peptides.- Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering.- One Pot Synthesis of Poly(ethylene oxide) with a Cyano Group at One End and a Hydroxyl Group at the Other End.- Creation of New Si-Containing Block Copolymer Membrane with Both High Gas Permeability and Blood Compatibility.- Surface Modification of Poly(lactic acid) with Bioactive Peptides.- Adsorption of Biomolecules onto Multiblock Copolymer Consisting of Aromatic Polyamide and Poly(dimethylsiloxane).- Hemocompatible Cellulose Dialysis Membrane Modified with Phospholipid Polymer.- Artificial Glycoconjugate Polymers: Cell-Specific Biomedical Materials Using Carbohydrates As Recognition Signals.- Preparation of Acrylamide Coated PVC Tube by APG Treatment and Its Characterization.- Anticoagulant Properties of Sulfonated Glucoside-Bearing Polymer.- Histological and Morphological Comparison of Explanted Small Diameter PU and ePTFE Vascular Prostheses: A Preliminary Study.- Poly(acrylamides) Containing Sugar Residues: Synthesis, Characterization and Cell Compatibility Studies.- Molecular Design of Artificial Lectin; Recognition and Killer Cell Induction of Lymphocytes by a Novel Water Soluble Polymer Having Phenylboronic A