Title : Using cells as the environmentally catalyst for nanoparticle synthesis: Killing bacteria, inhibiting inflammation, and growing tissues
Abstract:
While conventional nanoparticles have revolutionized medicine including to improve the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of numerous diseases from cancer to infection, traditional nanoparticles are made with toxic catalysts. As a way to both improve human health and do less harm to the environment, this presentation will cover how nanoparticles can be made via cells. Bacteria, mammalian cells, and cancer cells can be programmed to make nanoparticles out of a wide range of chemistries and sizes without using toxic catalysts. This presentation will highlight such synthesis techniques as well as in vitro and in vivo assays using such nanoparticles to selectively kill cancer cells, inhibit bacteria function, and grow tissues. It will also present a clinical study where over 30,000 patients have been helped through nanotextured spinal implants in which no implant failures have been reported to date (over the past 5 years where the conventional failure rate is 5 – 10%). This presentation will also provide future directions for how environmentally-friendly nanoparticles can continue to revolutionize medicine.
Audience Take Away
- How to make nanoparticles using environmentally friendly approaches
- How nanoparticles made by cells outperform those made synthetically
- How human health can be improved through the use of nanotechnology
