Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery

Dr. Mathew Sebastian has a degree in surgery (1976) with specialization in Ayurveda. He holds several diplomas in acupuncture, neural therapy (pain therapy), manual therapy and vascular diseases. He was a missionary doctor in Mugana Hospital, Bukoba in Tansania, Africa (1976- 1978) and underwent surgical training in different hospitals in Austria, Germany, and India for more than 10 years. Since 2000 he is the doctor in charge of the Ayurveda and Vein Clinic in Klagenfurt, Austria. At present he is a Consultant Surgeon at Privatclinic Maria Hilf, Klagenfurt. He is a member of the scientific advisory committee of the European Academy for Ayurveda, Birstein, Germany, and TAM advisory committee (Traditional Asian Medicine, Sector Ayurveda) of the Austrian Ministry for Health, Vienna. He conducted an International Ayurveda Congress in Klagenfurt, Austria, in 2010. He has several publications to his name.Neethu Ninan is doing joint doctoral research in nanomedicine and tissue engineering at both the University of South Brittany (Lorient, France) and the Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India.Dr. A. K. Hagh holds a BSc in urban and environmental engineering from the University of North Carolina (USA); an MSc in mechanical engineering from North Carolina A&T State University (USA); a DEA in applied mechanics, acoustics, and materials from the Université de Technologie de Compiègne (France); and a PhD in engineering sciences from the Université de Franche-Comté (France). He has written about 1000 original articles, 250 monographs, and 170 chapters in 40 volumes. It is apparent from this work that he has made valuable contributions to the theory and practice of chemical engineering, heat and mass transfer, porous media, industrial drying, polymers, nanofibers, and nanocomposites. Dr Haghi is Editor-In-Chief of the International Journal of Chemoinformatics and Chemical Engineering and Editor-In-Chief of the Polymers Research Journal. He is an editorial board member for many US and internationally published journals and is also a Senior Editor for Apple Academic Press (US and Canada). He served as an associate member of the University of Ottawa and was a member of the Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering.

• Ethosomes as Non-Invasive Loom for Transdermal Drug Delivery Systems. Colloidal Delivery Systems for Phytochemicals. Polymer-Modified Gene Delivery Vectors Retargeted with Recombinant Proteins. Study of Drug Transport Properties of Acrylic-Based Iron (III) Oxide-Filled IPN. Poly(amido-amine)s as Carriers for Intracellular Delivery of Drugs and Proteins. Nanoparticles as Adjuvant(s) for Mucosal Vaccine Delivery. Biosynthesis of Silver Nanoparticles, Characterization and Their Antimicrobial Activity. Gold-Peptide Nanoparticles Activation of Macrophages. Combating Infectious Diseases: Nanotechnology-Based Drug Delivery. Dendrimers in Biology and Medicine. Capsules Based on Lipid Vesicles: Potentiality for Drug Delivery. A Simulation Study on the Transport of Ions Through Ion Channels. Effects of Intranasal Administration of Interferon-Alpha on Rat Behavior. Neurotransplantation of Neural and Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Correction of Posthypoxic Disorders. Spray Drying in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: An Overview. RNA-Nanotechnology in Nanomedicine.