Third international nanomedicine and drug delivery symposium

The University of Maryland–Baltimore’s (UMB’s) Center for Nanomedicine and Cellular Delivery (CNCD) (www.pharmacy.umaryland.edu/nanomedicine), located in the School of Pharmacy, hosted the Third International Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery Symposium on September 26–27, 2005. Organized collectively by Hamid Ghandehari (UMB), Alexander Kabanov (University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nabraska), and Kalle Levon (Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY), the National Institutes of Health (NIH)–funded symposium attracted more than 150 multidisciplinary researchers from 10 countries who discussed issues in nanomedicine represented by the convergence of nanotechnology, biology, and medicine. bThe focus of the symposium was on recent advances in nanomedicine with an emphasis on the delivery of bioactive agents for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes using polymeric biomaterials,Q said Hamid Ghandehari, director of the new center that celebrated its grand opening September 20, formally initiating a new and unique multidisciplinary research environment based in the School of Pharmacy. Founded in March 2005, the CNCD spans two University of Maryland campuses, as well as five schools and