Metals in Medicine : Metals for Tissue Engineering and Pharmaceutical Applications

Metals in Medicine, published 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 for the prevention and treatment of many diseases. Volume 1 offers a curated collection of the latest medicinal and inorganic chemical research featuring metals for medicinal applications. It covers the use of metallic foams, metallic nanocarriers, metal organic frameworks of bioimaging and biosensing application, metallic scaffolds for tissue engineering, and much more. The volume also presents the valuable therapeutic and diagnostic properties of metallic drugs, connecting the fields of inorganic chemistry and medicine.

Volume 2: Metallic Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications deals with the application of particular metal-active drugs for disease treatment and diagnosis, presenting the compounds/complexes that have been found to be promising for potential therapeutic use along with their properties.

Sonali Sundram, MPharm, is Assistant Professor in the School of Medical and Allied Sciences at Galgotias University, India. She was earlier a research scientist with the Indian Council of Medical Research at King George’s Medical University, India, and was also affiliated with the Babu Banarasi Das Northern India Institute of Technology, Lucknow. She has authored and edited more than 15 books and has organized seminars, conferences, and workshops. She has published papers with international journals and delivered oral presentations at conferences organized in different European countries.

Rishabha Malviya, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Pharmacy at the School of Medical and Allied Sciences, Galgotias University, India. He has authored over 150 research/review papers for national/international journals and has over 50 patents to his name. He has edited several books and book chapters. He has been included in the Stanford University’s World’s Top 2% Scientists, 2020. He is a reviewer, editor, and editorial board member for many national and international journals and was an invited author for the magazine Atlas of Science and others.

GSN Koteswara Rao, PhD, MPharm, MBA, is Professor and Head of the Department of Pharmaceutics at SPPSPTM, SVKM’s NMIMS University, Mumbai, India. He has 15 years of academic, research, and administrative experience. He has published more than 75 research journal papers as well as 10 books and book chapters with international publishers. He has participated in many national and international conferences, seminars, symposia, workshops, and faculty development programs.