University of Helsinki
PROV-710 (5 cr) Nanomedicines for Biological Applications Course starts next week! Remember to sign up by Friday 10.5.!
The aim of the course is to introduce to the students different nanomedicines pharmaceutical and biomedical applications, and to demonstrate their importance in, e.g., controlled drug release, precise and personalized therapy, and theranostics in cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, as well as to give an introductory overview of the production of different nanoparticles for biomedical and bio-imaging applications using different techniques.
The course will introduce use of nanomedicines in therapy. In detail, the course will cover biomaterials, nanoparticles and encapsulation strategies. Methods and possibillities for drug delivery and nanoparticle fabrication and surface modifications. Use and design of nanoparticles for drug delivery and drug targeting. Physiological, cellular and toxicological aspects for medical use of nanomedicines. Theranostics, the combined use of in vivo imaging/diagnostics and therapy, as well as clinical aspects of nanomedicines.
The course will have lectures and all students will perform two experimental works on preparation of nanoparticles and testing. Completion of the course requires full participation in the lectures, review the literature, describe current methods, consider and recommend use of emerging nanomedicines in a therapeutic setting. a scientific report together with a presentation on the experimental works, and solving problem-based learning
Criteria for completion: Lectures 20–30 h; problem-based learning exercises; laboratory demonstrations; 2 experimental (lab) works with reporting; and oral presentations.