Nano-Biotechnology for Biomedical and Diagnostic Research

<p>Preface.- 1. Biomolecule/Nanomaterial Hybrid Systems for Nanobiotechnology.- 1.1. Electrical Contacting of Enzymes with Electrodes for the Construction of Amperometric Biosensors and Biofuel Cells.- 1.2. Catalytic Properties of Metalic Nanoparticles (NPs) and their Implementation for Sensing and Nanocircuitry.- 1.3. Bioanalytical Applications of Hybrid Semiconductor-Protein Systems.- 1.4. Biomolecules as Templates for Nanoscale Circuitry.- 1.5.  Conclusions and Perspectives.- 2. Superresolution Optical Flunctuation Imaging.- 2.1. Main article.- 2.2. Conclusion.- 3. Application of Nanoparticles for the Detection and Sorting of Pathogenic Bacteria by Flow-Cytometry.- 3.1. Introduction.- 3.2. Results.- 3.3.         Conclusion.- 4. Advancing Nanostructured Porous Si-Based Optical Transducers for Label Free Bacteria Detection.- 4.1. Introduction.- 4.2. Materials and Methods.- 4.3. Results and Discussion.- 4.4. Conclusions.- 5. Gold Fibers as a Platform for Biosensing.- 5.1. Introduction.- 5.2. Experimental.- 5.3. Results and Discussion.- 5.4. Electrochemical Evaluation of Gox on Gold Fibers.- 5.5. Summary and Conclusions.- 6. Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Organic Molecules Adsorbed on Metallic Nanoparticles.- 6.1. Introduction.- 6.2. Experimental.- 6.3. Results and Discussion.- 6.4. Summary and Conclusions.- 7. Quantum Dots and Fluorescent Protein FRET-based Biosensors.- 7.1. Introduction.- 7.2. Materials and Methods.- 7.3. Results.- 7.4. Discussion.- 8. Semiconductor Quantum Dots as FRET-Acceptors for Multiplexed Diagnostics and Molecular Ruler Application.- 8.1. Introduction.- 8.2. Short Theoretical and Practical Background.- 8.3. Applications.- </p><p>8.4. Conclusions and Outlook.- 9. Assembly and Microscopic Characterization of DNA Origami Structures.- 9.1. Introduction.- 9.2. DNA as a Material for ?Molecular Self-Assembly.- 9.3. Modification of Origami Structures.- 9.4. Characterization of DNA Origami Structures.- 9.5. Conclusion and Outlook.- 10. DNA Nanotechnology.- 10.1. DNA Nanostructures for Amplified Sensing.- 10.2. Ultrasensitive Detection of DNA through Isothermal Replication Processes using DNA Enzymes.- 10.3. Programmed Nanostructures Acting as DNA Machines.- 10.4. Self-Assembly of Functional DNA-Protein Nanostructures.- 10.5. Conclusions and Perspectives.- 11. Role of Carbohydrate (lectin) receptors in the Macrophage Uptake of Dextran-Coated Iron Oxide Nanoparticles.-  11.1. Introduction.- 11.2. Materials and Methods.- 11.3. Results and Discussion.- 11.4. Conclusions.- 12. Toxicity of Gold Nanoparticles on Somatic and Reproductive Cells.- 12.1. Introduction.-  12.2. Effect of Gold Nanoparticles on Somatic Cells.- 12.3. Reproductive Toxicology of Gold Nanoparticles.- 12.4. Conclusion.-13. Ultrasound Activated Nano-Encapsulated Targeted Drug Delivery and Tumour Cell Poration.- 13.1. Introduction.- 13.2. Materials and Methods.- 13.3. Results.- 13.4. Discussion.- 13.5. Future Work.- 14. Ultrasound Mediated Localized Drug Delivery.- 14.1. Introduction.- 14.2. Ultrasound Intensity Level of 1.5 MPa.- 14.3. Ultrasound Intensity Levels Below 1 MPa.- 14.4. Localized SHERPA Activation.- 14.5. Discussion.- 14.6. Conclusions.- 15. Sonochemical Proteinaceous Microspheres for Wound Healing.- 15.1. Introduction.- 15.2. Materials and Methods.- 15.3. Results and Discussion.- 15.4. Conclusions.- 16. Alendronate Liposomes for Antitumor Therapy: Activation of γδ T Cells and Inhibition of Tumor Growth.- 16.1. Introduction.- 16.2. Materials and Methods.- 16.3. Results.- 16.4. Discussion.</p>