Sixty contributions on liposomes and their uses in drug delivery. Conventional use of drugs suffers from indiscriminate drug action leading to side effects; failure of drugs to reach areas in need of pharmacological intervention; and premature drug inactivation and secretion. This book describes how liposomes incorporating drugs can direct these to diseased areas (in isolation from non-target biological areas) and introduce drugs to areas otherwise inaccessible. Discusses the interaction of liposomes with the biological milieu in vitro and in vivo , ways of optimizing liposomal behavior by manipulation of the carrier, applications related to antimicrobial and cancer therapy, vaccines, enzyme therapy, metal detoxification, diagnostics, and more.
