MNT-CURN Seminar Series: Nanomedicine for Drug Delivery, Controlled Release, and Targeted Therapy

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.

During this presentation, Neda Habibi, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at the University of North Texas (UNT), explores the concept of nanomedicine, with a focus on its applications in drug delivery. Habibi discusses the downsides of conventional medicine delivery and how nanotechnology offers solutions, such as the precise targeting of specific cells for drug application or identifying if a tissue is cancerous. Furthermore, Habibi provides detailed explanations of the nanomedicine research projects underway at UNT, which include developing microcapsules from biomedical materials, self-assembeled proteins, and electrospun nanofibers.

This video runs 30:56 minutes in length. Additional videos from this series are available to view separately.