The 9th US-Japan Symposium on Drug Delivery Systems

The 9th US-Japan Symposium on Drug Delivery Systems is co-sponsored by the Controlled Release Society, the Japanese Society of Drug Delivery Systems, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Kyoto University.

The symposium offers presentations by researchers from a number of disciplines, from the life sciences to engineering, who will address a range of topics including peptide and protein delivery, gene delivery, cell delivery, vaccines, transdermals, pulmonary delivery, new materials, and other subjects, from varied disciplines while focusing on the central theme of drug delivery. The Symposium offers a unique opportunity for interaction and networking among attendees from academia and industry.

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DRUG DELIVERY

DRUG DELIVERY
Materials scientists look for new materials and ways to manipulate existing ones in order to fulfill unmet needs

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MIT's Langer Lab at the Forefront of Drug Delivery

The work at MIT's Langer Lab is at the interface of biotechnology and materials science. A major focus is the study and development of polymers to deliver drugs, particularly genetically engineered proteins, DNA and RNAi, continuously at controlled rates for prolonged periods of time. Work is in progress in the following areas:

• Investigating the mechanism of release from polymeric delivery systems with concomitant microstructural analysis and mathematical modeling.
• Studying applications of these systems including the development of effective long-term delivery systems for insulin, anti-cancer drugs, growth factors, gene therapy agents and vaccines.
• Developing controlled release systems that can be magnetically, ultrasonically, or enzymatically triggered to increase release rates.
  

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