Publisher's Synopsis
"Metals have been used for health and healing for thousands of years. Today, the use of metal complexes as medicinal substances is becoming more and more significant as inorganic chemistry evolves. This book, Metals in Medicine, set in two volumes, provides detailed information on and applications of metal-containing compounds that function as essential tools in medical science for the imaging and diagnosis of disease as well as for the prevention and treatment of many diseases. Volume 1: Metals for Tissue Engineering and Pharmaceutical Applications introduces metallodrugs and their applications in the biomedical field, including for tissue engineering, drug delivery, bioimaging, biosensing, and bone tissue engineering. Volume 2: Metallic Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications illustrates the possible applications of different types of metal-based drugs in the pharmaceutical and biomedical fields. In Volume 1, a curated collection of
