Emerging Technology and Best Practices Seminar Series

Nanotechnology in Medicine: From Diagnostics to Therapeutics

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Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Medical Applications

Omid Farokhzad, M.D., Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School

The early impact of nanotechnology on medicine is beginning to get realized, with novel nanoscale therapeutic and diagnostic modalities under development or in clinical practice today. In this presentation the field of "nanomedicine" will be briefly reviewed and the convergence of targeting approaches with nanoparticle technologies will be discussed. We will aim to summarize the key considerations for creating multifunctional nanoparticles for medical applications and outline representative examples in development today.