1st Edition

Handbook of Nonmedical Applications of Liposomes From Gene Delivery and Diagnosis to Ecology

    352 Pages
    by CRC Press

    352 Pages
    by CRC Press

    First published in 1996, liposomes have become an important model in fundamental biomembrane research, including biophysical, biochemical, and cell biological studies of membranes and cell function. They are thoroughly studied in several applications, such as drug delivery systems in medical applications and as controlled release systems, microencapsulating media, signal carriers, support matrices, and solubilizers in other applications. While medical applications have been extensively reviewed in recent literature, there is a need for easily accessible information on applications for liposomes beyond pharmacology and medicine. The Handbook of Nonmedical Applications of Liposomes fills this void.This unique new handbook series presents recent developments in the use of liposomes in many scientific disciplines, from studies on the origin of life, protein function, and vesicle shapes, to applications in cosmetics, diagnostics, ecology, bioreclamation, and the food industry. In these volumes many of the top experts contribute extensive reviews of their work.

    Introduction
    Liposomes: From Gene Delivery and Diagnostics to Ecology, D.D. Lasic and Y. Barenholz
    Liposomes in Gene Therapy, D.D. Lasic
    Structural Features of DNA-Cationic Liposome Complexes and Their Implication for Transfection, A. Minsky, R. Ghirlando, and H. Gershon
    Delivery of DNA, RNA, and Proteins by Cationic Liposomes, H. Farhood and L. Huang
    Advances in the Design and Application of Cytofectin Formulations, P.L. Felgner, Y.J. Tsai, and J.H. Felgner
    Gene Transfer to Plants by Lipofection and Electroporation, M. Maccarrone, A. Rossi, and A. Finazzi Agro
    The Contribution of Cationic Derivatives of Phospholipids and Cholesterol to the Bioadhesiveness of Liposomes and Their Transfection Performance, L.S.S. Guo, R. Radhakrishnan, and M. Man
    Liposomes in Cosmetics: How and Why?, G. Vanlerberghe
    Transport of Liposome Entrapped Molecules into the Skin as Studied by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Imaging Methods, M. Sentjurc and V. Gabrijelcic
    Some Large-Scale, Non-Medical Applications of Non-Phospholipid Liposomes, D.F.H. Wallach and R. Mathur
    Liposomal Formulations of Agrichemical Pesticides, P.J. Quinn and S.F. Perrett
    Liposomes and Cheesemaking, P. Dufour, E. Laloy, J.-C. Vuillemard, and R.E. Simard
    Use of Liposomes for Wool Dyeing, A. de la Maza, L. Coderch, A.M. Manich, P. Bosch, and J.L. Parra
    Liposomes as a Model System to Study Shark Repellency, E. Kalmanzon, E. Zlotkin, and Y. Barenholz
    Use of Antigen-Coupled Liposomes for Homogeneous Immunoassays of Polyclonal Antibody, S. Katoh, M. Kishimura, and H. Fukuda
    Liposomes in Immunodiagnostics, A.K. Singh and R.G. Carbonell
    Steric Stabilization of Liposomes Improves Their Use in Diagnostics, N. Emanuel, E. Kedar, O. Toker, E. Bolotin, and Y. Barenholz
    Liposome-Amplified Immunodetermination of Environmental Contaminants, S.G. Reeves, S.T.A. Siebert, and R.A. Durst
    The Use of Liposomes in Biodegradability Testing, R.M. Miller, I.Y. Jimenez, and R. Bartha
    Microbe Entrapment in Giant Liposomes, G. Gregoriadis, I. Gursel, and S.G. Antimisiaris
    Liposomes as a Model for Membrane Structures and Structural Transformations: A Liposome Album, B. Sternberg
    Liposomes: Past, Present, and Future, D.D. Lasic and Y. Barenholz

    Biography

    Danilo D. Lasic, Yechezkel Barenholz, Leaf Huang, Donald F. H. Wallach, Guy Vanlerberghe, Brigitte Sternberg.