DRUG TARGETING BY MAGNETICALLY RESPONSIVE COLLOIDS -- DRUG TARGETING BY MAGNETICALLY RESPONSIVE COLLOIDS -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: DESIGN AND IMPROVEMENT OF MAGNETIC COLLOIDS -- ABSTRACT -- I.1. SYNTHESIS PROCEDURES TOFORMULATE MAGNETIC COLLOIDS -- I.2. SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION OF MAGNETIC COLLOIDS -- I.3. CONCLUSIONS -- I.4. REFERENCES -- Chapter 2: PROPERTIES OF MAGNETIC COLLOIDS TO BE TAILORED FOR DRUG DELIVERY -- ABSTRACT -- II. 1. HYDROPHOBICITY/HYDROPHILICITY -- II. 2. SURFACE CHARGE -- II.3. GEOMETRY -- II. 4. MAGNETISM -- II.5. CONCLUSIONS -- II.6. REFERENCES -- Chapter 3: BIOLOGICAL FATE AND TOXICITY OF MAGNETIC COLLOIDS -- ABSTRACT -- III.1. PHARMACOKINETICS AND BIODISTRIBUTION -- III.2. TOXICITY AND BIOCOMPATIBILITY -- III.3. CONCLUSIONS -- III.4. REFERENCES -- Chapter 4: DRUG DELIVERY BY MAGNETIC COLLOIDS -- ABSTRACT -- IV.1. DRUG DELIVERY BY MAGNETICALLY RESPONSIVE COLLOIDS -- IV.2. MAGNETIC GENE DELIVERY (MAGNETOFECTION) -- IV.3. CONCLUSIONS -- IV.4. REFERENCES -- Chapter 5: MULTIFUNCTIONAL NANOPLATFORMS BASED ON MAGNETIC COLLOIDS -- ABSTRACT -- V.1. DRUG DELIVERY AND HYPERTHERMIA -- V.2. DRUG DELIVERY AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING -- V.3. CONCLUSIONS -- V.4. REFERENCES -- Chapter 6: BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF MAGNETIC COLLOIDS NON-RELATED TO DRUG DELIVERY -- ABSTRACT -- VI.1. TISSUE ENGINEERING -- VI.2. RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY -- VI.3. PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY -- VI.4. BIOANALYSIS AND IMMUNOASSAYS -- VI.5. CONCLUSIONS -- VI.6. REFERENCES -- INDEX -- Blank Page.