The search of a common goal, to alleviate pain, disease, and health deterioration has forced us to research and design in biomaterials and nanostructures

International Seminars of Frontiers in Materials Science UPM-CIE Moncloa Campus

08/01/2013

Title: Tendiendo puentes en la Ciencia de Materiales: ingeniería, medicina, biología, física y química al servicio de la salud

Date: Monday 14th 2013 at 09:30

Place: E.T.S. Civil Engineering, basement 1

Speaker: María Vallet Regí

Free admission



Summary

The search of a common goal, to alleviate pain, disease, and health deterioration has forced us to research and design in biomaterials and nanostructures.

Manufacturation of spare parts for our human bodies by traditional procedures or by using tissue engineering and cell therapy as well as the design of nanoparticles for devices employed to achieve highly toxic drug delivery in a way that can go straight away to the tumors and can deliver the right doses, which is the minimum doses respect to the one used in chemotherapy and that can ensure the death of tumor cells without affecting the healthy cells. These issues are the current challenges and have a high importance in research.

The incessant progresses to prepare nanosystems with applications in the field of medicine have resulted in new challenges to design smart materials capable of responding to clinical requirements. These ideas will be discussed in the seminar.



Further information and contact details:
Dr. José Ygnacio Pastor, Organizer and Coordinator Scientific
Department of Material Science. Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
E.T.S. Civil Engineering, First Floor. Profesor Aranguren Road, E28040–Madrid
T. (+34) 913 366 684. F. (+34) 913 366 680. jypastor@mater.upm.es

Tag: Materials for the Future    Source: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Event date:

14/01/2013