ABSTRACT

This book focuses on various aspects of nanotechnology based gene silencing. The initial chapters detail the techniques available for in vitro and in vivo characterization of nanoparticles. In the later chapters, exhaustive details about various polymeric systems employed for gene silencing has been accounted.

chapter 1|9 pages

Introduction to Nanotechnology

chapter 4|13 pages

Concept and Barriers to Gene Silencing

chapter 6|7 pages

Polymers for siRNA Delivery

chapter 7|14 pages

Chitosan

chapter 8|16 pages

Polyethylenimine

chapter 9|10 pages

Poly-L-lysine

chapter 10|9 pages

Atelocollagen

chapter 11|9 pages

Protamine

chapter 12|15 pages

Dendrimers

chapter 13|10 pages

Cyclodextrin

chapter 14|12 pages

Poly (D, L-Lactide-co-Glycolide)

chapter 15|16 pages

Nanomaterials for siRNA Delivery