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| 15D17 Engineering Improvements in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy: Novel Therapeutic Approaches | ||||||||||
| Overview | Tremendous advances in biology, including but not limited to high-profile areas such as genomics and stem cells, have provided new hope for improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Engineers have much to offer in this endeavor, in areas such as mathematical modeling (at levels ranging from whole body pharmacokinetic down to cellular and molecular dynamics), transport in tumors, development of novel drug delivery strategies and data mining. This session will highlight chemical and bio-engineering methodologies for bringing these hopes closer to practice. Studies involving modeling, experiments or both are welcome. This session will particularly highlight novel therapeutic approaches, such as: personalized medicine based on genetics and gene expression profiles, angiogenesis and anti-angiogenic therapies, targeted drug delivery approaches, gene and oligonucleotide therapies. | |||||||||
| Primary Sponsor | Engineering Fundamentals in Life Science (15d) | |||||||||
ChairCharles M. RothAssistant Professor Rutgers University 98 Brett Road Piscataway, NJ 08854 Phone Number: 732-445-4109 Fax Number: 732-445-2581 Email: cmroth@rci.rutgers.edu
CoChairNeil S ForbesAssistant Professor University of Massachusetts 159 Goessmann Hall Department of Chemical Engineering Amherst, MA 01003 US Phone Number: (413) 577 - 0132 Fax Number: (413) 545 - 1647 Email: forbes@ecs.umass.edu | ||||||||||
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