Plasma Medical Science

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Physical and chemical basis of non-thermal plasma

2.1: Introduction

2.2: Atmospheric-pressure plasma sources for plasma medicine

2.3: Active laser spectroscopy

2.4: Optical diagnostics of atmospheric pressure plasma

2.5: Electrical diagnostics

2.6: Plasma chemistry of reactive species in gaseous phase　

2.8: Reaction of reactive species in cell culture medium

2.9: Simulation of reactive species: kinetics in aqueous phase

Chapter 3: Plasma biological science in various species

3.1: Introduction

3.2: Modelling and analysis of interaction between plasma and living systems

3.3: Effect of plasma irradiation for in vitro growth of Babesia and Trypanosoma parasites

3.4: Intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and gene expression changes --- Characteristics of Physical Therapies

3.5: Molecular mechanism of cellular responses to non-thermal plasma

3.6: Plasma medical science through the understanding of biological framework

3.7: Synthetic models to monitor the spatiotemporal delivery of plasma-generated reactive oxygen and nitrogen species into tissue and cells

Chapter 4: Regulation of cell membrane transport by plasma

4.1: Introduction

4.2: Cell membrane transport enhanced by plasma activated channel and transporter

4.3: Cell membrane transport enhanced by plasma-activated endocytosis

4.4: Cell membrane transport via pore formation enhanced by micro-plasma bubble

4.5: Cell membrane transport via pore formation enhanced by plasma reactive species

4.6: Numerical modeling of cell membrane transport enhanced by plasma irradiation

4.7: Future perspective of plasma gene transfection

Chapter 5: Reactive oxygen species in Plasma Medical Science (PAM and cancer therapy)

5.1: Introduction

5.2: Plasma activated medium

5.3: Pathology of oxidative stress

5.4: The translation inhibitor Pdcd4-mediated mechanisms inducing apoptosis and plasma-stimulated cell death

5.5: Plasma medical innovation for cancer therapy

5.6: Plasma medical innovation for cancer therapy: Gynecologic cancers

5.7: Plasma medical innovation for cancer therapy: Glioblastoma

5.8: Plasma medical innovation for cancer therapy: Melanoma

5.9: Plasma medical innovation for cancer therapy: Gastrointestinal cancers

5.10: Plasma medical innovation for cancer therapy: Cancer initiating cells

5.11: Age-related macular degeneration

Chapter 6: Application of plasma to humans (Blood coagulation and regenerative medicine)

6.1: Introduction

6.2: Cutting-edge technologies of bleeding control using non-thermal plasma; Mechanism of blood coagulation and wound healing

6.3: Clinical efficacy of non-thermal plasma treatment in minimally invasive gastrointestinal surgery

6.4: Molecular Morphological Analysis of The Effect of Plasma Irradiation on Cells and Tissue

6.5: Evaluating the invasiveness of non-thermal plasma treatment using molecular imaging technique

6.6: Molecular dissection of biological effects for mouse embryonic stem (mES) cells differentiation treated by low-temperature atmospheric-pressure plasma (APP)

6.7: Cutting-edge studies on the regeneration of neural tissue after plasma treatment

6.8: Innovation in wound care using cold atmospheric plasma technology

6.9: Applying plasma technology to nitric oxide (NO) generation in clinical practices

6.10: Plasma technologies for the development of innovative orthopedic materials

Chapter 7: Safety and standardization toward clinical applications

7.1: Introduction

7.2: General Concepts of Basic Safety on Plasma Treatment

7.3: Application of transgenic mice to analyze genotoxic effects caused by non-thermal atmospheric air plasma

7.4: International standardization: IEC guidelines

7.5: International standardization: CE marking for medical device

Chapter 8: Future outlooks in plasma medical science