6th International Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery Symposium

描述(申请人提供)：近年来，纳米医学领域的活动和兴趣有了爆炸性的增长，这指的是用于医疗应用的纳米技术的发展。事实上，几种纳米药物已获得临床批准，而其他药物已进入临床试验开发阶段。在这一领域出现的三个主要应用领域是(1)药物输送，(2)生物成像，和(3)组织工程。第六届国际纳米医学和药物输送研讨会(即NanoDDS‘08)将于2008年10月18日至19日在加拿大多伦多举行，其总体目标是突出纳米医学领域的新发现和新发展，同时汇聚具有药物输送、生物成像和组织工程专业知识的科学家。NanoDDS‘08的其他具体目标是(1)鼓励学术和工业科学家之间的讨论、信息共享和合作，(2)提供一个论坛，讨论与纳米医学的临床前和临床开发有关的问题，(3)使学员(即研究生和博士后研究员)能够在国际水平上介绍他们的研究，并与其他有前途的新研究人员和世界知名科学家互动。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In recent years there has been an explosive increase in activity and interest in the field of nanomedicine, which refers to the development of nanotechnologies for medical applications. Indeed, several nanomedicines have received clinical approval while others have entered clinical trial development. The three major areas of application that have emerged in this field are (1) drug delivery, (2) bioimaging, and (3) tissue engineering. The overall objective of the 6th International Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery Symposium (i.e. NanoDDS'08), which is to be held in Toronto, Canada from October 18th to 19th, 2008, is to highlight new groundbreaking discoveries and developments in the field of nanomedicine while bringing together scientists with expertise in drug delivery, bioimaging and tissue engineering. Additional specific Objectives of NanoDDS'08 are (1) to encourage discussion, sharing of information and collaboration amongst academic and industrial scientists, (2) to provide a forum to discuss issues relating to the pre-clinical and clinical development of nanomedicines, (3) to enable trainees (i.e. graduate students and post-doctoral fellows) to present their research at the international level and interact with other new promising investigators and world-renowned scientists.