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Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Biomems And Biomedical Nanotechnology Volume Ii by Mauro Ferrari , Mihrimah Ozkan , Michael Heller
Less Than Twenty Years Ago Photolithography And Medicine Were Total Strangers To One Another.TheyhadnotyetmetAndnotevenlookingeachotherupintheclassi?Eds.And ThenNucleicacidchipsMicro?UidicsandmicroarraysenteredthesceneAndrapidlythese Strangersbecameindispensablepartnersinbiomedicine. Asrecentlyastenyearsagothenotionofapplyingnanotechnologytothe?Ghtagainstd- Easewasdominantlytheprovinceofthe?Ctionwriters.Thoughtsofnanoparticle-Vehicled Deliveryoftherapeuticalstodiseasedsiteswereanexerciseinscienti?CsolitudeAndgrounds For Questioning OneS Ability To Think Like An Established Scientist. And Today We Have NanoparticulatepaclitaxelastheprimeoptionagainstmetastaticbreastcancerProteomic Pro?LingdiagnostictoolsbasedontargetsurfacenanotexturingNanoparticlecontrastagents ForallradiologicalmodalitiesNanotechnologiesembeddedinhigh-Distributionlaboratory Equipment And No Less Than 152 Novel Nanomedical Entities In The Regulatory Pipeline In Theusalone. ThisisatransformingimpactByanymeasureWithclearevidenceoffurtheracceleration Supported By Very Vigorous Investments By The Public And Private Sectors Throughout The World.Even Joining The Dots In A Most Conservative Linear Fashion It Is Easy To Envision Scenariosofpersonalizedmedicinesuchasthefollowing: Patient-Speci?CpreventionsupplantinggrossFacelessinterventionstrategies; Early Detection Protocols Identifying Signs Of Developing Disease At The Time When Thediseaseismosteasilysubdued; Personally Tailored Intervention Strategies That Are So Routinely And Inexpensively RealizedThataccesstothemcanbesecuredbyeveryone; TechnologiesallowingforlonglivesinthecompanyofdiseaseAsgoodneighbors Withoutimpairmentofthequalityoflifeitself. Thesevisionswillbecomereality.Thecontributionsfromtheworldsofsmall-Scalete- Nologies Are Required To Realize Them. Invaluable Progress Towards Them Was Recorded By The Very Scientists That Have Joined Forces To Accomplish The Effort Presented In This 4-Volume Collection. It Has Been A Great Privilege For Me To Be At Their Service And At The Service Of The Readership In Aiding With Its Assembly. May I Take This Oppor- Nity To Express My Gratitude To All Of The Contributing Chapter Authors For Their - Spired And Thorough Work. For Many Of Them Writing About The History Of Their S- Cialty?Eldsofbiomemsandbiomedicalnanotechnologyhasreallybeenreportingabout Their Personal Individual Adventures Through Scienti?C Discovery And Innovation-A Sort Xxii Foreword Of Family Album With Equations Diagrams Bibliographies And Charts Replacing Holiday Pictures.