Multifunctional polymeric nanoconstructs for biomedical applications
(Conference Presentation)

Paolo Decuzzi

doi:10.1117/12.2239210

7 November 2016 Multifunctional polymeric nanoconstructs for biomedical applications (Conference Presentation)

Paolo Decuzzi

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Proceedings Volume 9944, Organic Sensors and Bioelectronics IX; 99440C (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2239210
Event: SPIE Organic Photonics + Electronics, 2016, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Multifunctional nanoconstructs are particle-based nano-scale systems designed for the ‘smart’ delivery of therapeutic and imaging agents. The Laboratory of Nanotechnology for Precision Medicine at the Italian Institute of Technology synthesizes polymeric nanoconstructs with different sizes, ranging from a few tens of nanometers to a few microns; shapes, including spherical, cubical and discoidal; surface properties, with positive, negative, neutral coatings; and mechanical stiffness, varying from that of cells to rigid, inorganic materials, such as iron oxide. These are the 4S parameters – size, shape, surface, stiffness – which can be precisely tuned in the synthesis process enabling disease- and patient-specific designs of multifunctional nanoconstructs. In this lecture, the application of these nanoconstructs to the detection and treatment of cancer lesions and cardiovascular diseases, such as thrombosis and atherosclerosis, is discussed. The contribution of the 4S parameters in modulating nanoconstruct sequestration by the mononuclear phagocyte system, organ specific accumulation, and blood longevity is also critically presented. These polymeric nanoconstructs can be loaded with a variety of therapeutic payloads – anti-cancer molecules (docetaxel, paclitaxel, doxorubicin), anti-inflammatory molecules (curcumin, diclofenac, celecoxib) and small biologicals (peptides, siRNAs, miRNAs); and imaging agents – optical probes; Gd and iron oxide nanoparticles for MR imaging; and radio-isotopes for Nuclear Imaging.

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Paolo Decuzzi "Multifunctional polymeric nanoconstructs for biomedical applications (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 9944, Organic Sensors and Bioelectronics IX, 99440C (7 November 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2239210

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Polymers

Biomedical optics

Imaging systems

Iron

Molecules

Nanotechnology

Oxides

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