The Johns Hopkins CCNE is one of several NCI-funded centers launched through a program that started in 2005. The CCNE program was established to create multi-institutional hubs that integrate nanotechnology across the cancer research continuum to provide new solutions for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

Research

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Research - The Johns Hopkins CCNE brings together a multidisciplinary team of scientists, engineers, and doctors to develop nanotechnology-based diagnostic platforms and therapeutic strategies for comprehensive cancer care. Cores Validation Core Nanoparticle Engineering Core Bioinformatics … more

Commercialization

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Commercialization - The Cancer Nanotechnology Commercialization Working Group facilitates technology development and commercialization. This group brings together a broad range of expertise in intellectual property, patent law, and technology commercialization to (1) pro-actively monitor research … more

Projects

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The objective of the Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence is to integrate nanotechnology-based diagnostic and therapeutic tools for comprehensive cancer care. We envision a set of integrated nanotechnology-based solutions for diagnosis, therapy, and post-therapy monitoring. … more

Education/Training

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Education and Training - We have created a unique model for training researchers at the interface between nanoscience and medicine, involving lecture courses, laboratory courses, professional development seminars, peer-to-peer teaching, and communications workshops. All students are co-advised by … more

News

Microscopic grippers used successfully in animal biopsies

Tiny, untethered microscale grippers have been successfully used to perform tissue biopsies in live animals, a study in the journal Gastroenterology … [Read More...]

Regenerative medicine theme of science-writer bootcamp

Johns Hopkins invites you to the fifth annual science-writer boot camp. This year’s topic will be Regenerative Medicine. Join Johns Hopkins experts … [Read More...]

Self-assembling drug molecules could fight cancer

A popular method of targeted drug delivery for anti-cancer drugs involves doping another material with the desired pharmaceutical to obtain better … [Read More...]

Communication for Scientist and Engineers Course

Registration now open for INBT course "Communication for Scientist and Engineers".  Please contact Mary Spiro at mspiro@jhu.edu for more information. … [Read More...]