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Fundamentals and Therapeutic Applications of Liposomes

  • 1st Edition - December 4, 2025
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Prashant Kesharwani
  • Language: English

Fundamentals and Therapeutic Applications of Liposomes provides an in-depth exploration of liposomal delivery systems for therapeutic purposes. This comprehensive book covers… Read more

Description

Fundamentals and Therapeutic Applications of Liposomes provides an in-depth exploration of liposomal delivery systems for therapeutic purposes. This comprehensive book covers the synthesis and scaling up of liposomes for clinical use, examining their diverse applications in cancer therapy, immunotherapy, gene delivery, wound healing, viral disease, and neurological disorders. It also summarizes the regulatory aspects associated with clinical translation and industrial production. The book addresses the toxicity, safety, and environmental considerations of using liposomes for therapeutics, making it a useful resource for researchers, academics, and R&D groups interested in the development, production, and application of liposomes in various therapeutic settings.

Key features

  • Details the physicochemical properties, characterization, and synthesis of liposomes for therapeutic delivery systems
  • Emphasizes the benefits of liposomes for use as drug carriers in cancer therapy, covering a wide range of cancer types
  • Summarizes the regulatory aspects and scale-up considerations, as well as clinical translation of liposomes to market

Readership

Researchers and academics in the fields of biomaterials, pharmaceutical science, cancer therapy, and molecular biology, with an interest in developing novel liposomal delivery systems for therapeutics.

Table of contents

1. History, introduction, and physicochemical properties and characterization parameters of liposomes

2. Synthesis methods for liposomes and their scaling up for practical production

3. Recent technologies for industrial production of the liposomes

4. Biofate and cellular interactions of liposomes

5. Liposomes-mediated anticancer drug delivery approaches for the treatment of breast cancer

6. Liposomes-mediated anticancer drug delivery approaches for treatment of brain tumor

7. Liposomes mediated anticancer drug delivery approaches for treatment of skin cancer

8. Liposomes-mediated anticancer drug delivery approaches for treatment of ovarian cancer

9. Liposome-mediated drug codelivery approaches for treatment of cancer

10. Liposomes mediated photodynamic therapy

11. Liposomes-mediated gene delivery: Concepts and recent advances

12. Liposomes mediated drug delivery approaches for antibacterial and wound healing applications

13. Liposomes mediated drug delivery approaches for treatment of COVID-19 and other viral diseases

14. Liposomes as a candidate delivery system for imaging and therapy of Parkinson's diseases

15. Coated/hybrid liposomes as advanced drug delivery and theranostics applications

16. Recent progress on liposomes as vaccine delivery systems

17. Regulatory aspects of liposome-based drug delivery systems

18. Optimization and troubleshooting, limitations, future opportunities for improvement in liposomes drug delivery technologies

19. Clinical translation of liposomes into market: Challenges and opportunities

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: December 4, 2025
  • Language: English

About the editor

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Prashant Kesharwani

Dr. Prashant Kesharwani is assistant professor of Pharmaceutics at Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya University, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India. He has more than 12 years of teaching, research, and industrial experience across various countries. An overarching goal of his current research is the development of nanoengineered drug delivery systems for various diseases. He has published many articles in well-reputed journals and a large number of books. He is a recipient of many research grants from various funding bodies. He is also the recipient of several internationally acclaimed awards, such as “USERN Laureate award”, and “SERB-Ramanujan Fellowship Award”. He has presented many invited talks and oral presentations at prestigious scientific peer-conferences, received international acclaims and awards for research contribution, supervised students/junior researchers and actively participated in outreach and scientific dissemination for the service of the wider community.

Affiliations and expertise
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya University, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India

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