Provides an up to date overview of the latest developments in nanomedical techniques and applications.

Offers detailed insight into the use of nanomedicine for gene delivery and imaging systems.

Outlines future perspectives in this field. 

Shawn Wettig is Associate Professor and Director at the University of Waterloo, Canada. His research focuses on the design, synthesis and characterization of novel surfactants with an eye toward their application in drug delivery. His current research projects focus on the study of novel cationic lipid DNA complexes with potential application to genetic therapies, the characterization of novel amino acid derivatives for transthermal drug delivery, and the developmentof fluorescent surfactants for mechanistic studies.