Acs Research - Theorylab

Dr. Nicole Steinmetz is well on her way in her mission to “push new frontiers in medicine and bio-nanotechnology through the design, development and testing of materials and biologics derived from plant viruses.” Plant viruses? Plant viruses. They’re non-infectious to humans. When injected into a tumor the immune system is alerted to their presence; finding no threat from the plant virus the immune cells fight the tumor instead. Dr. Steinmetz talks us through the technology she’s developed, explains how it can advance immunotherapy, and gives us a glimpse of how she and her team are applying this platform toward COVID-19 vaccine development. 1:52 – Nicole Steinmetz, PhD, Professor of NanoEngineering and Director of the Center for Nano-ImmunoEngineering at the University of California, San Diego 2:34 – What are nanoparticles? Why are they useful in medicine? 7:11 – The Ballad of the Ferrari and the Geo Storm 9:25 - How nanoparticles are useful in cancer diagnostic and therapeutic approaches 14:36 – U