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Nanomaterials


Description:
Nanomaterials hold significant potential to improve human health. This section focuses on the design and development of novel nanomaterials with potential in biomedical applications.

Sponsor:
Topical F: Nanotechnology in Medicine
Co-Sponsor(s):
Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Division (15), Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum (22)


Chair:
Agnes E. Ostafin
Associate Professor
University of Utah
Materials Science and Engineering
122 S. Central Campus Drive, 316 CME
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Phone Number: 801-581-3413
Email: a.ostafin@utah.edu

Co-Chair:
William Pitt
Professor
Brigham Young University
Chemical Engineering
350 CB
Provo, UT 84602
Phone Number: (801) 422-2589
Fax Number: (801) 422-0151
Email: pitt@byu.edu


Papers:
Nanobiosensors
Ajit Sadana, University of Mississippi
Use of Naturally-Occurring Halloysite Nanotubes for Enhanced Capture of Cancer Cells From Blood
Andrew D. Hughes, Cornell University; Michael R. King, Cornell University
Negatively Charged Gold Nanoparticles Can Inhibit the Formation of Alzheimer's Disease Amyloid-β Protein Aggregates in a Mechanism-Specific Fashion
Deborah Soto-Ortega, University of South Carolina; Stephanie Paolini, University of South Carolina; Alaaldin Alkilany, University of South Carolina; Rahina Mahtab, South Carolina State University; Catherine Murphy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Melissa A. Moss, University of South Carolina
Production of Robust Virus-Like Particles Via Disulfide-Bond Cross-Linking
Bradley C. Bundy, Brigham Young University; James R. Swartz, Stanford University
Novel Polyurethane/Carbon Nanofiber Composites for Bladder Cancer Applications
Melissa Tsang, Brown University; Young Wook Chun, Brown University; Thomas J. Webster, Brown University
Guanidylamided PEI as Ovarian Cancer Gene Therapy Vectors
Bo Zhang, University of Wyoming; Xinpeng Ma, University of Wyoming; Jianbin Tang, Zhejiang University; Maohong Fan, University of Wyoming; Edward Van Kirk, University of Wyoming; William Murdoch, University of Wyoming; Youqing Shen, Zhejiang University
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