Magnetic Resonance Navigation with Therapeutic Microcarriers

CANADIAN RESEARCH FOCUS Interview with Dr. Sylvain Martel “ Co-encapsulation of magnetic nanoparticles and doxorubicin into biodegradable microcarriers for deep tissue targeting by vascular MRI navigation”, Biomaterials (2011). 32: 3481-3486. November 2 nd , 2011 conducted by Patricia Comeau

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Figure 1: Targeting of TMMC in the left lobe of a liver of a rabbit using an upgraded clinical MRI scanner . Image courtesy of the NanoRobotics Laboratory, École Polytechnique de Montréal, 2011

Interview with Dr. Martel Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal (EPM) Institute of Biomedical Engineering, EPM NanoRobotics Laboratory, EPM

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CC-CRS Question #8 Thank you for the interview!

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