本书是“生物材料和生物技术”丛书中的第2本。本丛书提供了在生物材料和生物技术领域*新的信息。它的**是阐述在这些领域的基本原理和*近的发展。本册书共有5章，分别是：药品运送中的生物材料、对现有的药品运输类型及其在**局部病变的临床作用、蛋白质电泳技术及其应用、模拟雌激素的化学药品以及生物技术在医学工程中的应用。
这本书可作为材料、生物、医学等相关专业大学高年级学生及研究生的参考教材，也可供科研人员阅读。

1 Biomatrials in Drug Delivery
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Structure and Properties of Hydrogels
1.2.1 Equilibrium Swelling
1.2.2 Network Pore Size calculation
1.3 Diffusion in Hydrogels
1.3.1 Macroscopic Analysis
1.3.2 Network Structural Effects
1.3.3 Experimental Determination of Diffusion Coefficients
1.4 Classifications
1.4.1 Diffusion-Controlled Release Systems
1.4.2 Swelling-Controlled Release Systems
1.4.3 Chemically Controlled Release Systems
1.4.4 Environmentally Responsive Systems
References
2 Drug Delivery Systems for Localized Treatment of Disease
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Drug Delivery Systems
2.3 Drug Delivery to the Lung
2.4 Bone Infection Treatment
2.5 Cancer Treatment
2.6 Conclusions
Acknowledgement
References
3 Application of Protein Electrophoresis Techniques
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Common Electrophoretic Systems for Separation and characterization of Proteins
3.3 Protein Visualization:What You See Depends on How You Look
3.4 Variables of State with Respect to Protein binding at a Material Surface
3.5 Some Recent Applications of Protein Electrophoresis in Biomaterials Science
3.6 Electrophoretic Characterization of the Interaction of Extracellular Matrix(ECM)Proteinss with Glass Surfaces:A Case Study
3.7 Conclusions
References
4 Wenoestrogens as Endocrine Disrupters
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Prevalence and Biological Effects
4.3 Mechanism of Action
4.4 Bisphenol A:An Estrogenic Compound in Unexpected Places
4.5 Summary and Perspectives
References
5 Medical Devices
Index