Affordable and cost effective cancer diagnosis/treatment using gold based biodegradable nanoparticles
Implementing Organization
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Tata Memorial Centre (TMC)
Principal Investigator
Aravind Kumar Rengan
Assistant Professor
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Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad, Telangana
Department of Biomedical Engineering
CO-Principal Investigator
Rohit Srivastava
Professor
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Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Biosciences and Bioengineering
CO-Principal Investigator
Abhijit De
Tata Memorial Centre (TMC)
Advanced Centre for Training Education and Research in Cancer (ACTREC)
Project Overview
Smart materials are recent advancements in cancer theranostics (i.e Diagnosis and Therapeutics). We in India, have developed an indigenous biodegradable nanosystem (3 patents filed) that could be used for low dose X-ray irradiation/ photothermal therapy with a suitable external light trigger (non-invasive). The same nanosystem could be deployed for diagnosis/tracking of cancer region as well. Our biodegradable nanosystem is capable of identifying solid tumors in the early stages and with the aid of external trigger, we could simultaneously treat the tumor. This novel technology could be used as non-invasive means to diagnose/treat cancer patients even in remote areas and low resource region.
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
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