A wide-ranging global perspective of this rapidly evolving bionanotechnology sector, this book covers the biological processes and structures being used to develop technologies that can improve medicine and agriculture. Topics include: self-assembly, cell detection strategies, and medical diagnostics, labeling, and imaging, as well as development of antiviral therapeutics, drug delivery, tissue engineering, and theragnostic nanoparticles that can diagnose, treat, and monitor diseases. Discussing the formation of crucial one-dimensional nanostructures that can lead to advances such as development of novel nanowires and other devices, this book navigates our newfound ability to insinuate our own design skills at the nanoscale level in living systems.

SP1 Protein-Gold Nanoparticle Hybrids as Building Blocks for Nanofabrication of One-Dimensional Systems; I. Medalsy, O. Dgany, A. Heyman, O. Shoseyov, M. Sowwan, and D. Porath Bionanotechnology Strategies for Cell Detection; N. Aghdami and S. Vaziri Gold Nanoparticles in Biomedicine; D. Nemr and H. M. E. Azzazy Theragnostic Nanoparticles with the Power to Diagnose, Treat, and Monitor Diseases; S. D. Caruthers, G. M. Lanza, and S. A. Wickline Plasmonic Nanostructures in Biosensing, W. Zheng, H. C. Chiamori, L. Lin, and F. F. Chen Emerging Microscale Technologies for Global Health: CD4+ Counts; S. Wang, F. Xu, A. Ip, H. O. Keles, and U. Demirci Nanoviricides-A Novel Approach to Antiviral Therapeutics; R.W. Barton, J. G. Tatake, and A. R. Diwan Antibody-Conjugated Nanoparticles of Biodegradable Polymers for Targeted Drug Delivery; B. Sun, H.Rachmawati, and S.-S. Feng The Biosynthesis of Anisotropic Nanoparticles; M. Gericke Nanotechnology in Biomaterials: Nanofibers in Tissue Engineering; D. Yucel, H. Kenar, A. Ndreu, T. Endogan, N. Hasirci, and V. Hasirci Nanotechnology in Biomaterials: Nanoparticulates as Drug Delivery Systems; B. Demirbag, S. Kardesler, A. Buyuksungur, A. Kucukturhan, G. Eke, N. Hasirci, and V. Hasirci Microscale Technologies for Controlling the Cellular Microenvironment in Time and Space; H. Kaji, Y.-H. Jang, H. Bae, and A. Khademhosseini Think Big, Then Shrink: Low-Cost, Ultra-Rapid Tunable Nanowrinkles from Shape Memory Polymers; A. Chen, H. Sharma, D. Nguyen, S. M. Mirzaei Zarandi, and M. Khine Electric Fields for Vaccine Delivery: How In Vivo Electroporation Could Fulfill the Promise of DNA Vaccines; A. Y. Choo, A. S. Khan, N. Y. Sardesai, and J. J. Kim Atomic Force Microscopy as a Nanotool to Investigate Malaria-Infected Erythrocytes; B. Russell, A. Li, and C. T. Lim Neural Prosthesis Facilitated by Nanotechnology; W. Liu, Z. Yang, and L. Hoang Production of Bare Multiple-Element Magnetic Nanoparticles and Their Use in Fast Detection and Removal of Pathogenic Bacteria from Water Resources; K. N. Elshuraydeh, H. I. Malkawi, and M. Hassuneh Antimicrobial Nanomaterials in the Textile Industry; S. Phanichphant and S. Ounnunkad Recent Advances in Water Desalination Driven by Biotechnology and Nanotechnology; S. Prakash, K. Bellman, and M. A. Shannon Liposomal pH-Sensitive Nanomedicines in Preclinical Development; M. J. Morilla and E. L. Romero Bio- and Nanotechnology Offer High Performance for Water Cleanup; J. R. Schorr, S. Sengupta, and R. Helferich Nanoscience and Engineering for Robust Biosolar Cells; P. Somasundaran, M. Chin, U. T. Latosiewicz, H. L. Tuller, B. Barbiellini, and V. Renugopalakrishnan Electrospinning in Drug Delivery; P. Supaphol, O. Suwantong, P. Sansanoh, and A. Neamnark Noble Metal Nanoparticles in Drug Delivery; R. T. Tshikhudo and N. M. Sosibo Photonic Structures in Nature; P. Vukusic and J. Noyes Bionanotechnology Applications in Plants and Agriculture; S. R. Wilson and B. Flinn Index