MNT-CURN Seminar Series: Nanotechnology - The Future of Medicine?

This video is part of a series from the Micro Nano Technology Education Center's (MNT-EC) Micro Nano Technology Collaborative Undergraduate Research Network (MNT-CURN) Research Program. In this program, students gain hands-on research experience and build nanotechnology technical education skills. Throughout this video series, viewers "... will hear and see nanotechnology and microtechnology professors presenting about their own research and work -- from biosensors to underwater drones to nanomaterials." Each video covers a different specialty that students may want to learn about and pursue as an undergraduate research project.

In the video, Jared Ashcroft, chemistry professor at Pasadena City College, discusses research on connecting nanomaterial to biomolecules for use in cancer therapy. Ashcroft introduces nanotechnology as a concept and talks about its uses in medicine, such as in COVID-19 vaccines and cancer treatment. Ashcroft goes into further detail on how nano drugs work, covering nanoparticle-bioconjugates, cell specific nano drug delivery, and more.

The video runs 25:15 minutes in length. Additional videos from this series are available to view separately.