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SUMMARY:Fighting Cancer with Nanoparticle Medicines: The Nanoscale Matters
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DTSTART:20120430T111500
DTEND:20120430T121500
DTSTAMP:20260427T225636Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Mark E. Davis\, Caltech\, Pasadena (USA)\nAbstract\nPapy
 rus writings from 1600-1500 BC describe cancer and attempts at its treatme
 nt. Today\, centuries later\, cancer remains a devastating disease. Given 
 the long history of difficulties in developing cancer therapies\, why is t
 here excitement about nanoparticle medicine (nanomedicines) for fighting c
 ancer? In this lecture\, I will present the current understandings of why 
 these engineered\, nanosized medicines (that are highly multifunctional ch
 emical systems) have the potential to provide “game changing” ways to 
 treat cancer. The nanoscale matters. I will illustrate this point by demon
 strating how physical insights at the nanoscale allow for the development 
 of nanoparticles that can function as intended in animals and humans. The 
 data from humans will be used to show how we have translated two independe
 nt nanoparticle cancer therapeutics from laboratory curiosities to experim
 ental therapeutics in human clinical trials.
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