Nanolayered drug-release systems for regenerative medicine and targeted nanotherapies
NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series Margaret Pittman Lecture Alternating electrostatic assembly is a tool that makes it possible to create ultrathin film coatings that contain highly controlled quantities of one or more therapeutic molecules within a singular construct. These release systems greatly exceed the usual ranges of traditional degradable polymers. The nature of the layering process enables the incorporation of different drugs within different regions of the thin-film architecture; the result is an ability to uniquely tailor both the independent-release profiles and order-of-release of each therap...
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CRISPR-Cas genome surveillance: From basic biology to transformative technology
Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series Margaret Pittman Lecture Dr. Doudna, who specializes in the study of RNA, will present a brief history of the bacterial RNA-guided CRISPR biology from its initial discovery through the elucidation of the CRISPR-Cas9 enzyme mechanism. Using CRISPR-Cas (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) technology provides the foundation for remarkable developments in modifying, regulating, or marking genomic loci in a wide variety of cells and organisms. These results highlight a new era in which genomic manipulation is no longer a bottleneck to experiments, paving the way to fun...
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Demystifying Medicine 2014 - Pertussis (Whooping Cough): A Lesson in Vaccines
Presented by: John Robbins, MD, NICHD, NIH; Alexandra Freeman, MD, NIAID, NIHCategory: Demystifying MedicineAired date: 02/18/2014 (Source: Videocast - All Events)
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Demystifying Medicine 2014-Pertussis (Whooping Cough): A Lesson in Vaccines
The 2014 Demystifying Medicine Series, which is jointly sponsored by FAES and NIH, will begin January 7th and includes the presentation of patients, pathology, diagnosis and therapy in the context of major disease problems and current research. Primarily directed toward Ph.D. students, clinicians and program managers, the course is designed to help bridge the gap between advances in biology and their application to major human diseases. Each session includes clinical and basic science components presented by NIH staff and invitees. All students, fellows and staff are welcome, as well. For more information go to http://demy...
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