The Second Annual Symposium on Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery: exploring recent developments and assessing major advances. 19-20 August 2004 Polytechnic University Brooklyn NY USA

摘要

The meeting was dedicated to novel aspects of nanomedicine including polymer drug delivery systems (DDS) and biomaterials. Self-assembled micellar DDS have been evaluated in term of morphology, biological properties, and results of clinical trials. Important advances in design of nanoparticles as DDS have been highlighted in various presentations. Unexpected issues of polymer-related biological effects, including gene expression, were stressed in relation to polymer DDS. Great potential of nanofabrication of biomaterials, and preliminary data on design of polymer scaffolds were demonstrated in a number of reports. This symposium demonstrated how timely is the development of nanosized DDS with advances in understanding the disease-related mechanisms, and outlined major area of application of nanomedicine technology.