At the edge of blood – Nanoparticle biocompatibility evaluated with a whole blood model and endothelial cells
On 15 November, Dick Sjöström will give a lecture in the Department of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences seminar series about how his research group tests the biocompatibility of new nanoparticles using human model systems.
Nanoparticles are already used in medical applications, such as contrast agents in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and drug delivery to various cancer types. To address the biocompatibility of nanoparticles, which refers to how well the immune system tolerates them, model systems as similar as possible to the human body are needed. Dr. Sjöström will present how the research group has handled this in two studies and how they are improving their model of whole blood and endothelial cells.
The seminar is open to the public and is held both on-site in room Azur, building Vita in Kalmar, and via Zoom at this link.
