chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Selecting the Right Polymer for Biomaterial Applications -- chapter 3 Polymer Characterization Techniques -- chapter 4 The Role of Polymers in Solid Oral Dosage Forms -- chapter 5 Hydrogel Drug Delivery Systems -- chapter 6 An Assessment of the Role of Polymers for Drug Delivery in Tissue Engineering -- chapter 7 Poly (lacticco-glycolic acid) Microspheres -- chapter 8 Polymeric Nanoparticles as Drug Carriers -- chapter 9 Polymeric Micelles as Pharmaceutical Carriers -- chapter 10 Polymeric Vesicles -- chapter 11 Polymer�Drug Conjugates -- chapter 12 Polymers Used for the Delivery of Genes in Gene Therapy -- chapter 13 Dendrimers in Drug and Gene Delivery.