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June 12-13, 2019 | Edinburgh, Scotland
8
th
European Clinical Microbiology and Immunology Congress
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3
rd
World congress on Biotechnology
Joint Event
Microbiology: Current Research | Volume: 3 | ISSN: 2591-8036
The Future of medicine: Implantable Sensors
Thomas J Webster
Northeastern University, USA
T
here is an acute shortage of organs due to disease,
trauma, congenital defect, and most importantly,
age related maladies. While tissue engineering (and
nanotechnology) has made great strides towards
improving tissue growth, infection control has been
largely forgotten. Critically, as a consequence, the Centers
for Disease Control have predicted more deaths from
antibiotic-resistant bacteria than all cancers combined
by 2050. Moreover, there has been a lack of translation
to real commercial products. This talk will summarize how
nanotechnology can be used to increase tissue growth
and decrease implant infection without using antibiotics
but using sensors (while getting regulatory approval). Our
group has shown that nanofeatures, nano-modifications,
nanoparticles, and most importantly, nanosensors can
reduce bacterial growth without using antibiotics. This
talk will summarize techniques and efforts to create
nanosensors for a wide range of medical and tissue
engineering applications, particularly those that have
received FDA approval and are currently being implanted
in humans.
e:
webster@neu.eduMicrobiol Curr Res, Volume 3
ISSN: 2591-8036
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