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UT Arlington bioengineer to create new nanoparticle system to shore up arterial walls

Technology recruits stem cells for reconstructionA UT Arlington bioengineer has received a four-year, $1.4 million National Institutes of Health grant to create a nanoparticle system to shore up arterial walls following angioplasty and stenting procedures to treat coronary arterial disease. Kytai Nguyen, a UT Arlington associate professor of bioengineering, said the research looks to improve an established procedure like angioplasty, which opens arteries and blood vessels that are blocked. “We have discovered a way to use nanoparticles to help the arteries heal themselves more

UT Arlington bioengineer wants to use nanomedicine to treat peripheral artery disease

Researcher lands American Heart Association grantA UT Arlington associate professor is working with the American Heart Association on a new method that could use injected nanoparticles to recruit stem cells from the patient’s own blood to build needed stents in a patient’s failing blood vessels. Kytai Nguyen, a bioengineering associate professor, is working on the two-year, $140,000 grant to develop ways to more effectively treat peripheral artery disease, a malady that affects about 8 million Americans. “It’s a narrowing of the arteries that affects so many people. There isn’t a lot

Bioengineer studying how to send drugs to lungs through nanotechnology

A UT Arlington bioengineering researcher has teamed with a UT Southwestern colleague to develop a nanoparticle drug delivery system that will help stimulate lung growth and function after partial lung removal or destructive lung disease. Kytai Nguyen, an associate professor of bioengineering , is working on the drug-delivery portion of the project, which is funded through a $3.4 million National Institutes of Health grant through 2016. Nguyen’s work will be underwritten by $440,000 of the larger grant. “We will introduce drugs through inhaled

UT Arlington team magnetizes carbon nanoparticles for cancer therapy

A team of University of Texas at Arlington  researchers have developed a method that uses magnetic carbon nanoparticles to target and destroy cancer cells through laser therapy - a treatment they believe could be effective in cases of skin and other cancers without damaging surrounding healthy cells. A paper about the work by Ali R. Koymen, professor of physics, and Samarendra Mohanty, assistant professor of physics, was published in January’s edition of the Journal of Biomedical Optics . Ling Gu

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