Commercializing Nanomedicine - Industrial Applications, Patents, and Ethics

Following two decades of tremendous advancements in biomedical research, nanomedicine has now spread from labs to hospital wards and is already starting to redesign the state of the art in clinical practice. This book covers the latest trends in nanotechnology-driven translational medicine while providing the readers with the need-to-know ethical and legal factors that are accompanying this epochal shift in the way medicine is conceived and practiced across the globe. Edited by prominent nanotechnology researchers, surgeons, and entrepreneurs, this book will appeal to anyone involved in cutting-edge nanomedicine.