About this Abstract |
Meeting |
MS&T21: Materials Science & Technology
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Symposium
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Next Generation Biomaterials
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Presentation Title |
Light-based Nanomedicine: Multimodal Diagnostics Combined with Drug-free Therapeutics |
Author(s) |
Tanveer A. Tabish, Mohammed Sharahili |
On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Tanveer A. Tabish |
Abstract Scope |
The ability of engineered nanoparticles that act as a multifunctional platform for target-specific detection and killing of cancer cell is of great interest in the field of nanomedicine. This talk will provide an overview of our recent developments on the design of gold nanostructures and nanographene to interface with cells for cancer diagnosis and treatment in a safe and targeted procedure using coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy. This presentation will also describe how variations in the size and shape of nanoparticles may provide fast and label-free detection combined with photodynamic therapy for cancer, enabling first-in-field multimodal imaging options and drug-free therapeutics. CARS microscopy coupled with nanotechnology has the potential to detect the diseased cells and kill them in these same clinical session in a safe and targeted fashion and can pave the way for rapid and highly efficient label-free diagnosis and continuous monitoring of cancer. |