Sixteen academics and researchers from Germany, Israel, and Italy contribute eight chapters describing the use of lipid-based nano- and microparticulate carriers in medicine and biotechnology. Coverage includes innovative methods of delivering active biochemicals to different systems, lipospheres as a technical solution to problems associated with controlled release of biochemicals, lipospheres as carriers for vaccines, and the structure-activity relationships of cationic liposphere/DNA complexes. The text describes procedures for specific applications and biological systems. For researchers in medicine and life science, pharmaceutics, and biotechnology