About This Project
What if we could use a novel approach for delivering currently injectable drugs to the body without syringes? What if we could destroy malignant cancer cells in difficult areas of the body that cannot yet be targeted? We are doing research to try to combine these into what we call the Nanject, in order to improve health care everywhere. For subtitles and multiple languages, please click hereAsk the Scientists
Join The DiscussionWhat is the context of this research?
The goal of this project is to develop a pharmaceutical Nano Patch which we call as the Nanject.This patch can be applied to the skin and will deliver specific amounts of target drugs where necessary. We are initially developing a patch for treating cancer, by injecting microscopic particles (or nanoparticles) into the bloodstream that can pinpoint, attach themselves to, and kill cancer cells. They are then naturally disposed by the body. This technology could potentially revolutionise health care and medicine and save millions of lives around the world as well as allow treatment of new types of cancer. We appreciate any and all support.
What is the significance of this project?
Even with current scientific advancements, we still have treatments such as chemotherapy aimed at killing cancerous cells, but during this process healthy cells are also destroyed. This can lead to death of the organism (a human in this case) before the actual death of the cancer. Targeted drug delivery aims to effectively target cancerous cells while not damaging the healthy cells.
What are the goals of the project?
The funds will allow us to get Chemicals and Raw Materials. Everything else is being fuelled by our IT, programming, and nanotechnology expertise, the access we have to cutting-edge university clean rooms and other facilities, and above all our passion for making this a reality that could improve and allow many people’s future.
Budget
The funds will be mainly used for Chemicals and Raw materials to prepare the nanoparticles and an early version of the Nanject. Cost of each is given as an approximate taken from Sigma Aldrich website and converted from British Pounds to US dollars.
Meet the Team
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Team Bio
My background is in Electronics and Nanotechnology Engineering and have been an amid programmer since I was 10 years old. I have always been into science and engineering by always questioning about everything! I have been involved in research in Swarm Robotics with a full time research job at YCCSA at University of York where I managed to make a Real Robotics Communication and Networking Model for Swarm Robots which in turn made me achieve a TRANSIT scholarship and became a TRANSIT scholar.
Atif Syed
My background is in Electronics and Nanotechnology Engineering and have been an amid programmer since I was 10 years old. I have always been into science and engineering by always questioning about everything! I have been involved in research in Swarm Robotics with a full time research job at York Centre for Complex Systems Analysis at University of York where I managed to make a Real Robotics Communication and Networking Model for Swarm Robots which in turn made me achieve a TRANSIT scholarship and became a TRANSIT scholar while pursuing my undergraduate degree. For about 2 years now, I have been working and researching on Nanoparticles, Biomedical Engineering, Material Science and Spintronics and the result of that leads to the current stage of my research.
More information can be found at my LinkedIn page.
Additional Information
For people who are interested in simulations, please follow the NanoHive project on SourceForge.
"I gotta stop somewhere, I will leave something for you to imagine" - Richard Feynman (1918-1988)
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