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Nanotechnology in Medicine and Drug Discovery Symposium

Hosted by:

Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research

Speaker:

Professor Charles M. Lieber, Harvard University
Professor George Whitesides, Harvard University
Professor Moungi Bawendi, MIT
Eric K. Drexler, Nanorex, Inc
Professor Jean M.J. Frechet, University of California-Berkeley
Professor Christopher R. Lowe, Cambridge University
Professor Wolfgang Peter Meier, University of Basel
Professor Samuel I. Stupp, Northwestern University
Professor Timothy M. Swager, MIT
Professor Ralph Weissleder, Harvard Medical School

Starts:

November 03, 2006 at 07:00 am

Ends:

November 04, 2006 at 12:00 pm

Location:

MIT, Tang Center (Building E51), , 70 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA. 02139

Maps:

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Description

The Nanotechnology in Medicine and Drug Discovery Symposium will showcase state-of-the-art nanotechnology research and applications to drug discovery. Nanotechnology has a variety of definitions but is most often described as the design, characterization and application of nanoscale structures, devices and systems. In the past, medical applications have predominantly been in the area of drug delivery. With novel technologies emerging, the speakers, drawn from leading institutions around the world, will discuss new developments in the context of medicine and drug discovery including diagnostic devices, research tools that could be applied to drug discovery, safety issues and biomimetics. The symposium will also address the future of nanotechnology and its impact on curing disease.