TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chang,Thomas Ming Swi
TI  - Artificial cells: biotechnology, nanomedicine, regenerative medicine, blood substitutes, bioencapsulation, cell/stem cell therapy 
SN  - 9789812705761 (hardcover)
AV  - RM171.7 .C478 2007
U1  - 615.39 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Hackensack, N. J.
PB  - World Scientific
KW  - Artificial cells
KW  - Blood substitutes
KW  - Nanotechnology
KW  - Blood Substitutes
KW  - Biotechnology
KW  - Cells
KW  - Nanomedicine
KW  - Regenerative Medicine
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-440); 50th anniversary of artificial cells -- Basic principles -- Oxygen carriers based on nanobiotechnology -- A nanobiotechnologic therapeutic that transports oxygen and remove oxygen radicals: for stroke, hemorrhagic shock and related conditions -- Nanotechnology-based artificial red blood cells (RBC's) -- Use of enzyme artificial cells for genetic enzyme defects that increase systemic substrates to toxic levels -- Enzyme artificial cells in substrate-dependent tumors and activation of prodrug -- Artificial cells for cell encapsulation -- Artificial cells containing hepatocytes and/or stem cells in regenerative medicine -- Hemoperfusion in poisoning, kidney failure, liver failure, and immunology -- Perspectives on the future of artificial cells as suggested by past research
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0715/2007013738.html
ER  -