Current Status and Future Prospects of Drug Delivery Systems -- A Method for Screening Mitochondrial Fusogenic Envelopes for use in Mitochondrial Drug Delivery -- Ultrasound-directed, Site-specific Gene Delivery -- Synthesis of Thermoresponsive Polymers for Drug Delivery -- Recombinant Stem Cells as Carriers for Cancer Gene Therapy -- Microfluidic-based Manufacture of siRNA-lipid Nanoparticles for Therapeutic Applications -- Microneedle-iontophoresis Combinations for Enhanced Transdermal Drug Delivery -- Polymer Nanoparticle-based Controlled Pulmonary Drug Delivery -- Antibody Labeling with Radioiodine and Radiometals -- Self Assembling Peptide -based Delivery of Therapeutics for Myocardial Infarction -- Applications of Chitosan Nanoparticles in Drug Delivery -- A Method for Evaluating Nanoparticle Transport through the Blood Brain Barrier in vitro -- Bacterial Systems for Gene Delivery to Systemic Tumours -- Synthesis of a Smart Nanovehicle for Targeting Liver -- Intranasal Delivery of Chitosan-siRNA Nanoparticle Formulation to the Brain -- Intrathecal Delivery of Analgesics.

Drug Delivery Systems, Second Edition expands upon the previous edition with current, detailed methods and technologies to further study drug delivery. With new chapters on nanobiotechnology techniques, experimental methods, and the clinical use for the intrathecal delivery of analgesics. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Authoritative and practical, Drug Delivery Systems, Second Edition will be useful for pharmaceutical scientists as well as well as physicians both in the academic institutions and in the industry.