Handbook of Nonmedical Applications of Liposomes

1. Liposomes in Gene Therapy. 2. Structural Features of DNA-Cationic Liposome Complexes and Their Implication for Transfection. 3. Delivery of DNA, RNA, and Proteins by Cationic Liposomes. 4. Advances in the Design and Application of Cytofectin Formulations. 5. Gene Transfer to Plants by Lipofection and Electroporation. 6. The Contribution of Cationic Derivatives of Phospholipids and Cholesterol to the Bioadhesiveness of Liposomes and Their Transfection Performance. 7. Liposomes in Cosmetics: How and Why? 8. Transport of Liposome Entrapped Molecules into the Skin as Studied by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Imaging Methods. 9. Some Large-Scale, Nonmedical Applications of Non-Phospholipid Liposomes. 10. Liposomal Formulations of Agrichemical Pesticides. 11. Liposomes and Cheesemaking. 12. Use of Liposomes for Wool Dyeing. 13. Liposomes as a Model System to Study Shark Repellency. 14. Use of Antigen-Coupled Liposomes for Homogeneous Immunoassays of Polyclonal Antibody. 15. Liposomes in Immunodiagnostics. 16. Steric Stabilization of Liposomes Improves Their Use in Diagnostics. 17. Liposome-Amplified Immunodetermination of Environmental Contaminants. 18. The Use of Liposomes in Biodegradability Testing. 19. Microbe Entrapment in Giant Liposomes. 20. Liposomes as a Model for Membrane Structures and Structural Transformations: A Liposome Album. 21. Liposomes: Past. Present, and Future. Index.