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UT nano pioneer and middle school student team up for cancer project
HOUSTON – (July 16, 2009) – Nanomedicine pioneer Mauro Ferrari, Ph.D., of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston gets requests from scientists looking for help with research projects from time to time but few of them are only 13 years old.
“As I recall, the e-mail was from his father,” Ferrari said. “They were looking for help with a science project on a targeted drug delivery system. I’ve received similar requests from high school students. But, I don’t remember too many middle school students.”
Ferrari told Kishore Balasubramanian that he would be happy to arrange for his staff to help the seventh grader at Harmony Science Academy Northwest with his entry in the 2009 International Sustainable World Energy, Engineering & Environment Project Olympiad (I-SWEEEP). “We feel that helping students is part of our lab’s mission,” Ferrari said.
Like Ferrari, Kishore is interested in reducing side effects associated with intravenous cancer drugs, which can include hair loss, nausea and fatigue. These drugs can injure healthy organs and tissue.
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