Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to biomedical nanotechnology / Dorothy Farrell, George Hinkal, and Piotr Grodzinksi -- Impact of bionanointeractions of engineered nanoparticles for nanomedicine / Stefania Sabella -- Rational approach for the safe design of nanomaterials / Anna L. Costa -- Characterization of manufactured nanomaterials, dispersion, and exposure for toxicological testing / Keld A. Jensen, Giulio Pojana and Dagmar Bilani��cov�a -- Workplace inhalation exposure to engineered nanomaterials: detection, measurement, and assessment / Martie van Tongeren, Araceli S�anchez Jim�enez, and Derk Brouwer -- Nanotechnology in consumer products: addressing potential health and safety implications for consumers / Treye A. Thomas -- Quantitative nanostructure-activity relationships : from unstructured data to predictive models for designing nanomaterials with controlled properties / Denis Fourches and Alexander Tropsha -- Pharmacokinetics and biodistribution of nanomaterials / Jim E. Riviere -- Advanced methodologies and techniques for assessing nanomaterial toxicity : from manufacturing to nanomedicine screening / Adriele Prina-Mello, Bashir M. Mohamed, Navin K. Verma, Namrata Jain, and Yuri Volkkov -- Detection methods for the in vivo biodistribution of iron oxide and silica nanoparticles : effects of size, surface chemistry, and shape / Heather A. Enright and Michael A. Malfatti -- Quantitative single-cell approaches to assessing nanotoxicity in nanomedicine systems / James F. Leary -- Imaging techniques for nanoparticles in skin / Tarl W. Prow -- Safety implications of nanomaterial exposure to skin / Nancy A. Monteiro-Riviere -- Interspecies comparisons of pulmonary responses to fine and/or nanoscale particulates : relevance for humans of particle-overload responses in the rat model / David B. Warheit and Kenneth L. Reed -- Current in vitro models for nanomaterial testing in pulmonary systems / Sonja Boland, Sandra Vranic, Roel Schins, and Tobias St�oger -- Nanoparticles and the immune system / Bengt Fadeel and Diana Boraschi -- Carbon nanotubes and cardiovascular disease / Peter Mo�ller, Cao Yi, Lise K. Vesterdal, Pernille H. Danielsen, Martin Roursgaard, Henrik Klingberg, Daniel V. Christopherson, and Steffen Loft -- Single- and multiwalled carbon nanotubes toxicity and potential applications in neuroregeneration / Fariborz Tavangarian, Guoqiang Li, and Yiyao Li -- Current in vitro models for nanomaterial testing : the reproductive system / Gary R. Hutchinson and Bryony L. Ross -- Current in vitro models or nanomaterial testing : genotoxicity issues / Laetitia Gonzalez, Sara Corradi, and Micheline Kirsch-Volders -- Cell-based targeting of anticancer nanomaterials to tumors / Matt Basel, Tej Shrestha, Hongwang Wang, and Stefan Bossmann -- Silver nanoparticles in biomedical applications / Meghan E. Samberg and Nancy A. Monteiro-Riviere -- Cytotoxicity of conjugated and unconjugated semiconductor and metal nanoparticles / Jay Nadeau -- Issues related to risk assessment of nanomaterials / Maureen R. Gwinn -- Risk assessment of engineered nanomaterials : state of the art and roadmap for future research / Danail Hristozov, Laura MacCalman, Keld A. Jensen, Vicki Stone, Janeck Scott-Fordsmand, Bernd Nowack, Teresa Fernandes, and Antonio Marcomini.