Research areas
Targeted therapeutic delivery
Local delivery of drugs, proteins, peptides, bioinorganic ions, nucleic acids and cells from biomaterials and medical devices.
Overview
About this research
Local delivery of drugs, proteins, peptides, bioinorganic ions, nucleic acids and cells from biomaterials and medical devices.
People
Research team
Director of TERG · Professor of Bioengineering and Regenerative Medicine · Principal Investigator
Fergal O’Brien
Biomaterials · Tissue engineering · Regenerative medicine
Senior Lecturer · Principal Investigator
Ciara Murphy
Biomaterials · Bioengineering · Bioinorganic ions
Senior Lecturer · Principal Investigator
Aamir Hameed
Bioengineering · Biomaterials · Cardiothoracic surgery
Research Fellow · Principal Investigator, Biomimetic Design Lab
Ian Woods
Electroconductive biomaterials · Gene therapeutics · Neurological disease models
Outputs
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Towards the use of localised delivery strategies to counteract cancer therapy-induced cardiotoxicities.
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