Title : Improving Heart Function With Human Clinical Studies: One Nano Beat At A Time
Abstract:
Nanomedicine, or the use of materials with at least one dimension less than 100 nm, has led to improved disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. This talk will cover recent advances in the use of nanomaterials to prevent, diagnose, and treat cardiovascular diseases. Specifically, nanomaterials (such as carbon nanotubes) when coupled with stem cells have been shown to reverse stroke damage and return motor function to stroke-induced rats. Moreover, vascular stents with nanotextures have been shown to improve endothelialization to reduce thrombus formation and reclogging of arteries. Further, new cardiac patches with conductive nanomaterials (such as graphene) have been shown to regenerate cardiomyocyte functions (such as growth and contractile function) to regenerate healthy cardiac tissue in the area of heart tissue damage due to heart attacks. In this manner, this talk will highlight how cardiovascular nanomedicine is being used to significantly improve numerous cardiovascular diseases in unprecedented ways.
