chapter 1 Nanotechnology at the Frontier of Biology and Medicine / Tuan Vo-Dinh -- section I Nanomaterials, Nanostructures, and Nanotools / Tuan Vo-Dinh -- chapter 2 Self-Assembled Organic Nanotubes: Novel Bionanomaterials for Orthopedics and Tissue Engineering / Rachel L. Beingessner -- chapter 3 Gold Nanoparticles with Organic Linkers for Applications in Biomedicine / Olga Shimoni -- chapter 4 Nucleoprotein-Based Nanodevices in Drug Design and Delivery / Elizabeth Singer -- chapter 5 Bimetallic Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Characterization / Tarasankar Pal -- chapter 6 Nanotube-Based Membrane Systems / Lane A. Baker -- chapter 7 Nanoimaging of Biomolecules Using Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy / Musundi B. Wabuyele -- chapter 8 Development and Modeling of a Novel Self-Assembly Process for Polymer and Polymeric Composite Nanoparticles / B. G. Sumpter -- chapter 9 Cellular Interfacing with Arrays of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanofibers and Nanofiber-Templated Materials / Timothy E. McKnight -- chapter 10 Single-Molecule Detection Techniques for Monitoring Cellular Activity at the Nanoscale Level / Kui Chen -- chapter 11 Optical Nanobiosensors and Nanoprobes / Tuan Vo-Dinh -- chapter 12 Surface-Enhanced Fluorescence-Based Biosensors / Samuel Grésillon -- chapter 13 Biomolecule Sensing Using Surface Plasmon Resonance / H.P. Ho -- chapter 14 Molecular SERS Nanoprobes for Medical Diagnostics / Hsin-Neng Wang -- chapter 15 Silicon Nanoparticles for Biophotonics / Mark T. Swihart -- section II Applications in Biology and Medicine / Tuan Vo-Dinh -- chapter 16 Nanoscale Optical Sensors Based on Surface Plasmon Resonance / Amanda J. Haes -- chapter 17 Synthetic Biology: From Gene Circuits to Novel Biological Tools / Nina G. Argibay -- chapter 18 Recent Trends in Nanomaterials Integration into Simple Biosensing Platforms / Andrzej Cha?upniak -- chapter 19 Nanobiosensors: Carbon Nanotubes in Bioelectrochemistry / Anthony Guiseppi-Elie -- chapter 20 Monitoring Apoptosis and Anticancer Drug Activity in Single Cells Using Nanosensors / Paul M. Kasili -- chapter 21 Biosensing and Theranostics Applications of Gold Nanostars / Yang Liu -- chapter 22 A Fractal Analysis of Binding and Dissociation Kinetics of Glucose and Related Analytes on Biosensor Surfaces at the Nanoscale Level / Neeti Sadana -- chapter 23 Integrated Cantilever-Based Biosensors for the Detection of Chemical and Biological Entities / Elise A. Corbin -- chapter 24 Design and Biological Applications of Nanostructured Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Films / Sadhana Sharma -- chapter 25 Development of Gold Nanostars for Two-Photon Photoluminescence Imaging and Photothermal Therapy / Hsiangkuo Yuan -- chapter 26 Surface Plasmon-Enhanced Nanohole Arrays for Biosensing / Jean-Francois Masson -- chapter 27 Sensitive DNA Detection and SNP Identification Using Ultrabright SERS Nanorattles and Magnetic Beads for In Vitro Diagnostics / Hoan T. Ngo -- chapter 28 Gold Nanorods for Diagnostics and Photothermal Therapy of Cancer / Xiaohua Huang -- chapter 29 Applications of Nanotechnology in Reproductive Medicine / Celine Jones -- chapter 30 Theranostic Nanoprobes for SERS Imaging and Photodynamic Therapy / Andrew M. Fales -- chapter 31 Virus-Like Particle-Mediated Intracellular Delivery for Nanomedicine / Jadwiga Chroboczek -- chapter 32 In Vivo Sensing Using SERS Nanosensors / Janna K. Register.