Nanomedicine

Professor Thomas J. Webster, a chemical and biomedical engineer, holds degrees from the University of Pittsburgh and RPI. He has founded over a dozen companies with FDA-approved medical products benefiting over 30,000 patients and is involved in sustainability and renewable energy technologies. Currently a professor at multiple universities, he has received numerous accolades, including recognition as a top scientist by PLOS and Clarivate. With over 1,350 publications and 66,000 citations, he is a former president of the U.S. Society for Biomaterials and was recently nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He also established a fund for Nigerian student research in the USA.

• Part I: Materials, properties and considerations1. Introduction to nanomedicine2. Trends in nanomedicine3. Biomedical nanocrystalline metals and alloys: structure, properties and applications4. Nanoporous gold for biomedical applications: structure, properties and applications5. Hydroxyapatite (HA) coatings for biomaterialsPart II: Nanomedicine for therapeutics and imaging6. Functionalized magnetic nanoparticles for treating bone diseases7. Orthopedic carbon nanotube biosensors for controlled drug delivery8. Nanotechnology for DNA and RNA delivery9. Gold nanoshells for imaging and photothermal ablation of cancer10. Nanotechnology for DNA and RNA delivery11. Gold nanoshells for imaging and photothermal ablation of cancer12. Microfluidics for testing and delivering nanomedicine13. Nanotechnology for cartilage and bone regeneration14. Nanostructured materials for bone tissue replacement15. Nanocomposites for cartilage regenerationPart III: Nanomedicine for soft tissue engineering16. Rapid fabrication of biomimetic nanofiber-enabled skin grafts17. Nanotubes for tissue engineering