Building Drug Delivery into Tissue Engineering

Wednesday, November 19, 2008: 12:30 PM
Room 108-A (Pennsylvania Convention Center)

Description:
This session will discuss approaches for using localized drug or gene delivery to promote the formation of functional tissue replacements.


Sponsor:
Biomaterials


Chair:
Tao Lu Lowe
Email: tao.lowe@jefferson.edu

CoChair:
Tatiana Segura
Email: tsegura@ucla.edu


12:30 PM
(462a) Fine-Tuning Notch Signaling to Promote Angiogenesis
Lan Cao, Praveen Arany, Yuan-Shuo Wang and David J. Mooney

1:50 PM

1:55 PM
(462e) Hydrogel Composite Materials for Long-Term Neurotrophin Delivery In Neural Prostheses
Ning Han, Jed Johnson, John J. Lannutti and Jessica O. Winter

2:35 PM
(462g) A Biodegradable, Immunoprotective, Dual Nanoporous Capsule for Cell-Based Therapies
Xulang Zhang, Hongyan He, Chi Yen, W.S. Winston Ho and L. James Lee
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