Over the last twenty years the status of liposomes has changed from laboratory novelty to powerful industrial tool. The properties of such membrane preparations have been extensively researched and ingenious ways have been found of manipulating them to confer certain behavioural characteristics, such as sensitivity to light, pH, temperature, or protein tertiary structure. Many potential applications of liposomes in medicine have also been recognized. This book brings together the full range of methods from liposome preparation to application which experienced workers in the field have found to be routinely reliable. This book is intended for researchers and postgraduates in biochemistry, cell biology, and biotechnology.