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This book incorporates various application aspects of liposomes in a comprehensive manner and details the latest therapeutic drug delivery versions based on liposomes either developed or under the process of development. The Advances in Liposomal Therapeutics records the proceedings of National Symposium on Current Trends in Liposome Research organised in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya Sagar (MP) India in 1998. The invited lectures from different liposomologists are given. Similarly the research works with findings and methodologies are discussed and incorporated. Thus it has become truly a unique resource on liposomes. It has academically content rich reading material for pharmaceutical biological and medical researchers working in incredibly diverse array of disciplines particularly dealing with cell and molecular biology membrane physiology target specific medicine pharmacology and immunology. About the Author Prof. S. P. Vyas has nearly 22 years of research and teaching experience at both U.G. and PG. levels. He has worked as Manager R&D (New Drug Delivery) in Lupin Laboratories Aurangabad for a period of nearly one year. He is a leading scientist and well-known academician of international repute. Prof. Vyas did his postdoctoral research at the School of Pharmacy University of London (U.K.) under the supervision of Prof. Gregory Gregoriadis a renowned liposomologist.He has been awarded Pt. Lajja Shankar Jha Award for excellence in research in Engineering and Technology by the Govt. of Madhya Pradesh. He is a recipient of Motan Devi Dandiya Oration Award 1998 and recently he has been honoured with Best Pharmacy Teacher of the Year 2001 Award by APTI. He has written many invited review articles in Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews Critical Reviews TM in Therapeutic Drug Carrier Systems Pharmaceutical Research and International Journal of Medicine and written many Chapters in national and international books. Prof. V.K. Dixit has over 25 years of teaching experience. He is conducting research involving tissue culture. He has established a tissue culture laboratory in the department. Prof. Dixit has supervised 20 Ph.D. and about 35 M. Pharm. Scholars. He has over 80 publications in various journals of repute. He has also chaired sessions and delivered special lectures in a number of symposia/seminars. He is well known academician and educationist. He is member of many learned societies. Presently he is the Head Department of Pharmaceutical Science Sagar and is associated with various administrative functions such as Director Collegeate Development Council and Proctor of the Univesity. Prof. Dixit is also the Secretary of The Indian Society of Pharmacognosy. And is a member of AICTE and PCI.