Advanced electroporation techniques in biology and medicine. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Andrei G. Pakhomov, Damijan Miklavčič, Marko S. Markov.
• Other Names: Pakhomov, Andrei G; Miklavčič, Damijan; Markov, Marko (Marko S.)
• Contents: Front cover; Foreword; Preface; Contents; Editors; Contributors; MATLAB® disclaimer; Part I: Basics of Electroporation; Body; Chapter 1: Physical Chemical Theory of Membrane Electroporation and Electrotransfer of Biogenic Agents; Chapter 2: Bioelectric Effect of Intense Nanosecond Pulses; Chapter 3: Induced Transmembrane Voltage-Theory, Modeling, and Experiments; Chapter 4: Electroporation: A Review of Basic Problems in Theory and Experiment; Part II: Mechanisms of Electroporationin Lipid Systems; Chapter 5: Electrodeformation, Electroporation, and Electrofusion of Cell-Sized Lipid Vesicles. Chapter 6: Fluorescent Methods in Evaluation of Nanopore Conductivity and Their Computational ValidationChapter 7: Electroporation of Lipid Membranes:Insights from Molecular Dynamics Simulations; Chapter 8: Nanoscale Restructuring of Lipid Bilayers in Nanosecond Electric Fields; Part III: Mechanisms of Electroporation of Cells; Chapter 9: Nanopores: A Distinct Transmembrane Passageway in Electroporated Cells; Chapter 10: Model of Cell Membrane Electroporation and Transmembrane Molecular Transport; Chapter 11: Kinetics of Pore Formation and Disappearance in the Cell during Electroporation. Chapter 12: The Pulse Intensity-Duration Dependency for Cell Membrane ElectroporationPart IV: Mechanisms of Electroporation in Tissues; Chapter 13: Drug-Free, Solid Tumor Ablation by Electroporating Pulses: Mechanisms That Couple to Necrotic and Apoptotic Cell Death Pathways; Chapter 14: Gene Electrotransfer: From Basic Processes to Preclinical Applications; Part V: Technical Considerations; Chapter 15: Modeling Electric Field Distribution In Vivo; Chapter 16: Concepts of Electroporation Pulse Generation and Overview of Electric Pulse Generators for Cell and Tissue Electroporation. Chapter 17: Generation of Ultrashort PulsesChapter 18: Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Field Delivery to Biological Samples: Difficulties and Potential Solutions; Part VI: Applications of Electroporation; Chapter 19: Translation of Electroporation-Mediated DNA Delivery to the Clinic; Chapter 20: Clinical Electrochemotherapy:The Italian Experience; Chapter 21: Tumor Blood Flow-Modifying Effects of Electroporation and Electrochemotherapy-Experimental Evidence and Implications for the Therapy; Chapter 22: Electrochemotherapy as Part of an Immunotherapy Strategy in the Treatment of Cancer. Chapter 23: Combined Electrical Field and Ultrasound:A Nondrug-Based Method for Tumor AblationChapter 24: Combined Modality Therapy: Electrochemotherapywith Tumor Irradiation; Chapter 25: Irreversible Electroporationin Medicine; Chapter 26: Food and Biomaterials Processing Assisted by Electroporation; Chapter 27: In Vivo Electroporation: An Important Injury Mechanism in Electrical Shock Trauma; Index; Color Inserts; Back cover.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (xix, 507 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 571.6/4; Electroporation; Electroporation -- methods; Cell Membrane -- radiation effects; Electromagnetic Fields; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Anatomy & Physiology; Electroporation; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439819074; 1439819076
• Related ISBNs: 9781439819067; 1439819068
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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