Conference Support: Scientific and Clinical Applications of Magnetic Carriers, Cleveland, Ohio, May 28-30,1998

9814142兹博罗夫斯基1998年5月28日至30日，克利夫兰临床基金会将召开一次题为“磁性载体的科学和临床应用”的会议。会议的总体目标是为参与磁性微载体开发和应用的调查人员提供一个机会，讨论该领域的当前和未来方向。这次会议是1995年在德国罗斯托克举行的一系列会议中的第二次。美国国家科学基金会将为15名美国学术研究人员的会议费用提供部分支持。磁性微载体在医学上有重要的应用，如纳米造影剂在核磁共振诊断、药物输送、临床化学自动化、血流显示和磁流体热疗中的应用。正在研究将这种材料引入病毒以寻找特定类型的细胞的方法，这些材料有可能被用作非侵入性诊断技术中的探针，特别是磁共振成像。这种微载体代表了纳米技术的重要发展，这是基金会特别感兴趣的一个研究领域。会议涉及一个重要的和新兴的研究和应用领域，组织良好，有助于研究计划规划和新技术的评估。***

9814142 Zborowski A conference on "Scientific and Clinical Applications of Magnetic Carriers" is being convened by the Cleveland Clinic Foundation on May 28-30, 1998. The overall objective of the meeting is to provide an opportunity for investigators involved in the development and applications of magnetic microcarriers to discuss the current and future directions of the field. The conference is the second of what is expected to be a series of meetings that were initiated in Rostock, Germany in 1995. The National Science Foundation is providing funding for partial support of conference expenses for 15 U.S. academic researchers. Magnetic microcarriers are finding important applications in medicine such as nanoparticle contrast agents in diagnostic MRI procedures, drug delivery, automation of clinical chemistry, blood flow visualization, and magnetic fluid hyperthermia. Ways are being investigated to introduce such materials into viruses that seek out particular types of cells, with the potential these could be used as probes in non-invasive diagnostic techniques, particularly magnetic resonance imaging. Such microcarriers represent important developments in nanotechnology, which is an area of research with special interest to the Foundation. The meeting addresses an important and emerging field of research and application, is well organized, and contributes to research program planning as well as the assessment of new technologies. ***