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Special Lecture: Drug Delivery for Heart and Lung Repair by Ke Cheng

January 18, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Drug Delivery for Heart and Lung Repair

Ke Cheng

Randall B. Terry, Jr. Distinguished
Professor of Regenerative Medicine
UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State University
Room EECS 1003
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
4:00 PM
Passcode 408104
Abstract
Therapeutic tissue regeneration using stem cells has been hampered by the controversial identity of resident stem cells, low cell retention/engraftment, tumorigenecity and immunogenicity issues. Taking a bioengineering/biomaterials approach, this lecture will introduce the uses of drug delivery and biomaterials strategies to generate more potent cell therapies for heart and lung diseases. In addition, a pharmacoengineering approach is taken to refine cell therapies by developing acelluar therapeutics such as stem cell-derived secretome and exosomes in the setting of heart and lung regeneration. This lecture will also mention a couple of stories in translating bench research into IND-enabled clinical trials on cell-based therapies.
Bio
Dr. Ke Cheng is the Randall B. Terry, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Regenerative Medicine at UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State University. He is the Director of the Biotherapeutics Laboratory and co-Director of the NIH Comparative Molecular Medicine T32 Training Program. He is the Executive Director of Interdisciplinary Scholarship in the Office of Provost. Research from his lab has been summarized in publications in Lancet, Nature Nanotechnology, Circulation, Science Translational Medicine, Nature Biomedical Engineering, etc. Dr. Ke Cheng is a fellow of the International Association of Medical and Biological Engineering (IAMBE), the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), and the American Heart Association (AHA). He currently serves as the Chair of the NIH Biomaterials and Biointerfaces (BMBI) Study Section. Dr. Ke Cheng has been devoted to the clinical application of stem cells and exosomes. He led several Investigational New Drug (IND) applications obtained from the FDA. The biotech companies he founded are developing stem-cell drugs and extracellular vesicles to provide better solutions for heart and lung regeneration, cancer therapy, and drug delivery.

Details

Date:
January 18, 2023
Time:
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Event Category:
Seminar Series
Event Tags:
Biomechanics
Website:
https://me.engin.umich.edu/news-events/events/seminars/

Location

1003 EECS

Organizer

Karen Brown
Email
karenar@umich.edu