Nanotechnology to Improve Cancer Treatment

At Emory University and Georgia Tech, cross-disciplinary work is underway to integrate nanotechnology with cancer cancer care.

Nanotechnology and Cancer Surgery

Scientists and surgeons from Emory University, the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Pennsylvania are working on a project that uses nanotechnology to assist in the identification and removal of cancer cells. Dr. Shuming Nie, Wallace H. Coulter Distinguished Chair Professor in Biomedical Engineering at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology, explains.









Cancer Biomolecular Signatures (Biomarkers)

At Emory University and Georgia Tech, cross-disciplinary work is underway to integrates nanotechnology with cancer biomolecular signatures (biomarkers) for personalized and predictive oncology.