Session: Nanotechnology in Medicine and Drug Delivery I (2012 Annual Meeting)

156 Nanotechnology in Medicine and Drug Delivery I

Monday, October 29, 2012: 3:15 PM

Allegheny III (Westin )

Description:

Advances in nanotechnology, nanobiotechnology, bionanotechnology, and nanomedicine hold significant promise to play vital roles in the diagnostic and treatment of human disease. This session is focused on these advances for drug delivery and medicinal applications. Both fundamental and applied studies are welcome.

Sponsor:

Pharmaceuticals

Chair:

Leonard F. Pease III
Email: pease@eng.utah.edu

3:15 PM

(156a) Synthetic Antibacterial Probiotics
Yiannis Kaznessis

3:33 PM

(156b) Functionalization of Novel Polyanhydride Nanoparticle Adjuvants to Promote Pathogen-Mimicking Characteristics
Yashdeep Phanse, Brenda R. Carrillo-Conde, Amanda Ramer-Tait, Rajarshi Roychoudhuri, Scott Broderick, Nichola Pohl, Krishna Rajan, Balaji Narasimhan, Michael J. Wannemuehler and Bryan H. Bellaire

3:51 PM

(156c) Gold Nanoparticle-M2e Nanocomplex for Influenza Vaccination
Wenqian Tao and Harvinder Gill

4:09 PM

(156d) An Investigation of the Pulmonary and Systemic Persistence of Polyanhydride Nanoparticle Vaccine Formulations
Kathleen A. Ross, Shannon Haughney, Lucas Huntimer, Latrisha Petersen, Amanda Ramer-Tait, Michael J. Wannemuehler and Balaji Narasimhan

4:27 PM

(156e) Sputum Penetration and Enhanced Airway Gene Transfer by Mucus Penetrating Synthetic Gene Nanocarriers
Anthony J. Kim, Jung Soo Suk, Nicholas Boylan and Justin S. Hanes

4:45 PM

(156f) Dendrimer Nanocarriers for Transport Modulation Across the Pulmonary Epithelium: Cellular Internalization, Transport and Formulation in Portable Inhalers
Balaji S. Bharatwaj, Radovan Dimovski, Denise S. Conti and Sandro R. P. da Rocha

5:03 PM

(156g) Elastin Based Nano-Particles for Targeted Therapy of Lung Adenocarcinomas
Raul Iglesias and Piyush Koria

5:21 PM

(156h) Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Targeted to the Tumor Vasculature for the Treatment of Breast Cancer
Brent D. Van Rite, Luis F. F. Neves, Whitney Prickett, Antonietta Restuccia, Daniel Resasco and Roger Harrison