 | Dennis Discher Professor University of Pennsylvania (USA) |
Prof. Discher's work is broadly focused ranging from polymer-based delivery of drugs using polymersomes and filomicelles to single molecule and stem cell biophysics. He is inventor of polymersomes (Science, 1999), a nanocarrier system with overwhelming potential. His work has appeared in a wide range of journals, including Science, Nature Nanotechnology, Cell, and PNAS. Prof. Discher is member of the editorial board of Science.
COMS2009 Plenary Lecture Title: Shape Effects & "Self" Ligands - Delaying Clearance of Polymeric Self-Assemblies to Maximize Dose
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