Nanomaterials to fight cancer, cysts, infection, and numerous other health ailments: Human data

Title : Nanomaterials to fight cancer, cysts, infection, and numerous other health ailments: Human data

Abstract:

This presentation will provide an over 30 year journey to develop materials that improve disease prevention, detection, and treatment. Due to the extremely high surface area to volume ratios of nanomaterials as well as their tailored surface energy, this presentation will provide human clinical data of nanoparticles used for treating cancer, cyst, infection, and other ailments. Importantly, nanomaterials of different chemistry but of similar dimension have been shown to possess the surface energy necessary to endogenously adsorb select proteins from bodily fluids immediately after implantation to target and kill cancer cells, cyst cells, and bacteria. Currently such materials are in over 45,000 patients showing no signs of failure but only clinical success. In this manner, this invited talk will demonstrate how nanomaterials have served as the true catalyst to fight numerous diseases that have plagued human health for centuries.

Biography:

Thomas J. Webster’s (H index: 136; Google Scholar) 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 served as a professor at Purdue (2000-2005), Brown (2005-2012), and Northeastern (2012-2021; serving as Chemical Engineering Department Chair from 2012 - 2019) Universities and has formed over a dozen companies who have numerous FDA approved medical products currently improving human health in over 30,000 patients. 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.