关键词：乳腺癌;诊断药物输送;图像;医学研究;纳米技术;治疗;培训
摘 要：In this program, we proposed to establish a Nanomedicine Core to train faculty and students at Howard University to pursue molecular imaging of breast cancer using nanoparticles as targeted drug delivery vehicles. This is a partnership with the Johns Hopkins University In Vivo Cellular Molecular Imaging Center and the Nanotechnology Characterization Lab at NCI-Frederick. At Howard University, this partnership involves a multidisciplinary consortium of four departments: Radiology, Radiation Oncology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, and Electrical Engineering. The program has two components, a research component and a broad training component. The Howard University trainees will obtain training through collaborative research and by participation in a broad based training program. Renowned experts in nanomedicine and molecular imaging will participate in the training through mentoring research, seminars, workshops, and by offering laboratory internships. This transfer of nanomedicine techniques will support ongoing, long-term breast cancer research at Howard University. The major goal is to provide faculty trainees and their students at Howard with updated nanomedicine techniques to apply to independent breast cancer research, thus enhancing their ability to educate the next generation of scientists.