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Materials Science and Nanotechnology | Volume: 03
WORLD CONGRESS ON SMART MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES
&
3
rd
International Conference on
POLYMER CHEMISTRY AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING
November 21-22, 2019 | Singapore
Joint event on
T
here is an acute shortage of organs due to disease,
trauma, congenital defects, 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
with FDA approval can be used to increase tissue growth
and decrease implant infection without using antibiotics.
Studies will also be highlighted using nano 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.
Biography
Thomas J Webster’s (H index: 88) degrees are in chemical engineering
from the University of Pittsburgh (B.S., 1995) and in biomedical
engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (M.S., 1997; Ph.D.,
2000). He has graduated/supervised over 189 visiting faculty, clinical
fellows, post-doctoral students, and thesis completing B.S., M.S., and Ph.D.
students. He is the founding editor-in-chief of the
International Journal of
Nanomedicine
(pioneering the open- access format). He currently directs
or co-directs several centers in the area of biomaterials: The Center for
Natural and Tropical Biomaterials (Medellin, Colombia), The Center for
Pico and Nanomedicine (Wenzhou China), and The International Materials
Research Center (Soochow, China). He regularly appears on NBC, CNN,
MSNBC, ABC News, National Geographic, Discovery Channel, and BBC
News talking about science and medicine. He has received numerous
honors and is currently a fellow of AANM, AIMBE, BMES, NAI, IJN, FSBE,
and RSM.
e:
th.webster@northeastern.eduThomas J Webster
Northeastern University, USA
Revolutionizing medicine with implantable nano sensors
Mater Sci Nanotechnol, Volume: 03