Scientific and Clinical Applications of Magnetic Carriers

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
The Mystery and History of Magnetism....Pages 1-10
Preparation and Application of Monosized Magnetic Particles in Selective Cell Separation....Pages 11-35
Synthesis, Characterization, and Use of New Solid and Hollow, Magnetic and Non-Magnetic, Organic-Inorganic Monodispersed Hybrid Microspheres....Pages 37-51
Preparation and Characterization of Magnetic Nanospheres for in Vivo Application....Pages 53-67
Synthesis Studies on Paramagnetic Polystyrene Latex Particles....Pages 69-76
Microspheres for Use in a Novel Electromagnetic Bioadhesion Testing System....Pages 77-92
Novel Magnetic Microcarriers on the Basis of Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) for Biomedical Analysis....Pages 93-107
Magnetic Oxide Particles Prepared by Glass Crystallization....Pages 109-115
Nanosized Ferrite Particles....Pages 117-133
Intravenously Injected Particles....Pages 135-148
Analysis of Microspheres in Living Cells by Confocal Microscopy....Pages 149-161
Techniques for Electro- and Magnetokinetic Particle Characterization....Pages 163-170
Quantification of Maghemite Nanoparticles in Biological Media by Ferromagnetic Resonance and Its Alteration by Conjugation with Biological Substances....Pages 171-176
Use of ESR, Mössbauer Spectroscopy, and Squid-Magnetometry for the Characterization of Magnetic Nanoparticles on the Base of Metal Iron and Its Implications in Vivo....Pages 177-204
Physics of Magnetic Cell Sorting....Pages 205-231
Microfabricated Flow System for Magnetic Cell and Particle Separation....Pages 233-245
Continuous-Flow Magnetic Cell Sorting Using Soluble Immunomagnetic Label....Pages 247-260
Isolation of Megakaryocytes Using Magnetic Cell Separation....Pages 261-268
Magnetic Separation in Molecular Biology....Pages 269-285
Production of a Protein (Enzyme, Antibody, Protein A)-Magnetite Complex by Genetically Engineered Magnetic Bacteria Magnetospirillum Sp. AMB-1....Pages 287-294
Properties and Applications of Genetically Engineered Streptavidins....Pages 295-301
Application of Magnetic Particles in Immunoassays....Pages 303-309
Magnetomechanical Stimulation of Mesenchymal Cells....Pages 311-322
Overview of Magnetic Separations Used in Biochemical and Biotechnological Applications....Pages 323-340
Use of Immunomagnetic Carriers for the Rapid Detection of Virulent Bacteria from Biological Samples....Pages 341-351
Ferromagnetic and Immunomagnetic Concentration of Mycobacteria for the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis....Pages 353-357
In Vitro-Separation of Active Phagocytes for Temporary Extracorporeal Phagocytosis Assist by Magnetic Microbeads....Pages 359-369
Specific Blood Purification by Means of Antibody-Conjugated Magnetic Microspheres....Pages 371-378
Ferro-Carbon Particles....Pages 379-389
New Method of Biological Fluid Detoxification Based on Magnetic Adsorbents....Pages 391-397
Magnetic Maghemite Nanoparticles....Pages 399-417
Magnetic Measurements of Local Passage Velocity through the Gut....Pages 419-427
Magnetophoretic Characterization of the Plant Gravity Receptor....Pages 429-444
Targeting Magnetic Microspheres to Brain Tumors....Pages 445-455
Selected Preclinical and First Clinical Experiences with Magnetically Targeted 4’-Epidoxorubicin in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors....Pages 457-480
MTC TM ....Pages 481-494
Magnetically Guided Drug Transport for the Prophylaxis of Pathological Conditions and the Protection of Implants....Pages 495-499
Magnetically Targeted Microspheres for Intracavitary and Intraspinal Y-90 Radiotherapy....Pages 501-516
A New Aids Therapy Approach Using Magnetoliposomes....Pages 517-526
Magnetic Nanoparticles as Contrast Agents for MR Imaging....Pages 527-543
Spio-Enhanced MR Lymphography....Pages 545-559
Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Particles as Marker Substances for Searching Tumor Specific Liposomes with Magnetic Resonance Imaging....Pages 561-568
Magnetic Fluid Hyperthermia (MFH)....Pages 569-595
Use of Magnetic Nanoparticles for Thermolysis of Cells in a Ferrofluid....Pages 597-606
Physical Chemistry and in Vivo Tissue Heating Properties of Colloidal Magnetic Iron Oxides with Increased Power Absorption Rates....Pages 607-618
Back Matter....Pages 619-628