Research

Nanomedicine for Inflammation

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Nanomedicine for Inflammation

gastrointestinalThe cells and tissues of the immune system work together in an intricate and complex way to maintain health. Inflammation is a general term that …

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Nanomedicine for Cancer

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Nanomedicine for Cancer

cardiovascularCancers are as diverse as they are devastating. Drugs that kill tumor cells, known as chemotherapy, are administered systemically (through the blood). The major limitation

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Patents

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  1. Hanes J, Fiegel J, and Fu J, Biodegradable polymer compositions: Compositions and uses related thereto, U.S. Patent No. 7,163,697 B2.  Granted January 16, 2007.
  2. Edwards,

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Nanomedicine for Eye Diseases

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Nanomedicine for Eye Diseases

Nanomedicine Breakthrough for Eye Disease

As reported in 2012 in an article published in Biomaterials, Center for Nanomedicine members, Rangaramanujam Kannan, Jie Fu, Manoj Mishra and others have shown that a nanomedicine platform technology, called “dendrimers,” can be used to effectively deliver medicines to activated microglia--key players in many blinding ocular diseases, such as Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD).

Learn more about dendrimers and our research for eye diseases.

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Nanomedicine for Women’s Health

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Nanomedicine for Women’s Health

Nanomedicine for Women’s Health

In an article published in Science Translational Medicine on June 13, 2012, Center for Nanomedicine members Laura Ensign, Richard Cone, Justin Hanes and others have shown that a nanomedicine platform technology developed at CNM, called “mucus penetrating particles,” can deliver microbicides effectively and protect against herpes virus (HSV-2) infection in the mouse female reproductive tract.

Learn more about our platform technologies and our research on women's health.

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Nanomedicine for Central Nervous System Diseases

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Nanomedicine for Central Nervous System Diseases

Nanomedicine Breakthrough for Cerebral Palsy

As reported April 18, 2012 in an article published in Science Translational Medicine, Center for Nanomedicine faculty, Rangaramanujam and Sujatha Kannan, a husband and wife team, have developed a new nanomedicine that reverses the effects of cerebral palsy in a rabbit model of the devastating disease.

Learn more about our research on the Central Nervous System.

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Facilities

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The Johns Hopkins research community is extremely diverse and rich. More than 50 State-of-the-Art Core Facilities are within walking distance on the JHU School of …

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Research

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The Center for Nanomedicine engineers drug and gene delivery technologies that have significant implications for the prevention, treatment, and cure of many major diseases facing …

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Nanomedicine for Cardiovascular Diseases

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Nanomedicine for Cardiovascular Diseases

cardiovascular

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Disease focus areas:

  • Cardiac Arrest, also known as cardiopulmonary arrest or circulatory arrest, is the cessation of normal circulation of

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Nanomedicine for Gastrointestinal Tract (GI) Diseases

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Nanomedicine for Gastrointestinal Tract (GI) Diseases

The GI is a favored site for drug delivery, both colorectally and orally. However, there are many barrier mechanisms in the GI to protect the …

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