Abstract:
Nanotechnology has revolutionized numerous industries from space exploration to medicine. This talk will emphasize how nanoparticles can be synthesized by traditional precipitation techniques or by cells to pass through the blood brain barrier to treat brain cancer, brain infection, stroke, and more. In vitro and in vivo studies will be presented which show that the size, charge, chemistry, and crystallinity of nanoparticles can be controlled to penetrate the blood brain barrier and without drugs kill unwanted cells and promote the growth of other healthy cells. Specifically, one animal study will be presented in which stem cells with carbon nanoparticles were injected into stroke induced rat brains and were able to fully return motor and reflex functions in as short as 7 days. In this manner, this presentation will provide a comprehensive view of how nanoparticles can be used for a wide range of neurological disorders.
Biography:
Thomas J. Webster’s (H index: 129) degrees are in chemical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh (B.S., 1995; USA) and in biomedical engineering from RPI (Ph.D., 2000; USA). He has formed over a dozen companies who have numerous FDA approved medical products currently improving human health in over 30,000 patients. His technology is also being used in commercial products to improve sustainability and renewable energy. He is currently helping those companies and serves as a professor at Brown University, Saveetha University, Hebei University of Technology, UFPI, and others. Dr. Webster has numerous awards including: 2020, World Top 2% Scientist by Citations (PLOS); 2020, SCOPUS Highly Cited Research (Top 1% Materials Science and Mixed Fields); 2021, Clarivate Top 0.1% Most Influential Researchers (Pharmacology and Toxicology); 2022, Best Materials Science Scientist by Citations (Research.com); and is a fellow of over 8 societies. Prof. Webster is a former President of the U.S. Society for Biomaterials and has over 1,350 publications to his credit with over 55,000 citations. He was recently nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Prof. Webster also recently formed a fund to support Nigerian student research opportunities in the U.S.
