HI 5324 Nanomedicine in Healthcare

Nanomedicine is the science of the nanoscale applied to the theory and practice of medicine. This course will examine the fundamentals of nanostructured materials currently studied for medical applications. In-depth analyses of Liposomes, Dendrimers, Carbon nanotubes, Fullerenes, and Silicon nanostructures will be presented. Applications of each of these technologies in medical fields ranging from DNA chips to injected therapeutic and diagnostic agents to implanted nanodevices will be examined. Relevant characterization techniques, and Ethical, and Regulatory issues in the exciting application of Nanotechnology to Healthcare will be discussed.

Course Objectives

• By the end of the semester, the student will have had the opportunity to meet the following objectives:
• Learn about characterization methds at the nanoscale
• Overview a variety of nanostructures in the healthcare arena
• Solve open ended problems (in class) dealing with nanostructures.
• Formulate and propose a solution to a current problem in nanomedicine

Topics

• Defnitions
• The nanoscale
• Introduction to measurement techniques
• Measurement Techniques
• Liposomes
• Silicon
• Metallic nanoparticles
• Fullerenes and nanotubes and buckysomes
• Dendrimers
• Nanomedicine-specific
• Regulatory issues
• Imaging and image analysis techniques
• Miniaturized sensors

Prerequisites

Admission to any graduate program in SHIS, graduate standing in any program at UTH or UT-Austin 

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