Polymers for drug delivery and tissue engineering

Abstract: 

 Our research focused on approaches using polymers for the controlled release of macromolecules, new degradable polymers, and other materials-based systems. This work has led to a variety of medical products to treat cancer and other diseases.  More recent work has focused on approaches using polymers to engineer new tissues such as skin, cartilage and new spinal cords.  We are also developing new high throughput approaches for polymer and lipid synthesis.  Specifically, such systems are being explored for the delivery of genes, RNAi, and mRNA.