Advances in Nanomedicine for the Delivery of Therapeutic Nucleic Acids

Dr. Surendra Nimesh is the author/co-author of two Elsevier books: The Design and Development of Novel Drugs and Vaccines (2021) and Gene Therapy: Potential Applications of Nanotechnology (2013) an internationally recognized expert of nanotechnology for biological applications with specialization in drug and gene delivery. He received his M.S. in Biomedical Science from Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Science Research (ACBR), University of Delhi, Delhi, India in 2001. He completed his PhD. in Nanotechnology at ACBR and Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR), Delhi, India in 2007. After completing his postdoctoral studies at Ecole Polyetchnique of Montreal, Montreal in 2009, he joined Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Montreal, Canada as Postdoctoral Fellow. He worked for a short duration at McGill University, Montreal and thereafter joined Health Canada, Canada as NSERC visiting fellow in 2012. He joined Central University of Rajasthan, India as UGC-Assistant Professor at Department of Bitechnology, School of life Sciences in 2013. He has authored more than 20 research papers, 10 review articles in international peer reviewed journal, 8 book chapters and 3 books. His research interests include nanoparticles mediated gene, siRNA and drug delivery for therapeutics. Dr. Nidhi Gupta received her M.S. in Biomedical Science from Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research (ACBR), University of Delhi, Delhi, India in 2004. She did her PhD. with Dr. A.C. Banerjea at National Institute of Immunology (NII), New Delhi, India in 2008. After completing her doctoral research she joined Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Montreal, Canada as Postdoctoral Fellow in 2008 and later worked at McGill University, Montreal. She joined The IIS University, India as Research Scientist at Department of Biotechnology in 2014. Her field of interest includes catalytic nucleic acids, siRNA and antisense.