In today’s episode Dr. Mohan Pereira, Assistant Professor of Physics at Cedarville University, outlines the basics of nanotechnology applications in medicine. Dr. Pereira shares his career journey from a young child in Sri Lanka with an interest in science to a nanotechnology expert in the United States. The physics professor says this about the surprising way in which his career in which physics and medicine have come together:

“Even when I was a child I never thought of pursuing my career and research in nanomedicine.”

Through his experience with a variety of interdisciplinary science teams, Dr. Pereira became more interested in the novel ways a physics-based approach can be utilized in other various scientific fields, particularly drug design and delivery. The field of nanomedicine includes new drug delivery mechanisms such as pHLIP™ (pH-low insertion peptide) technology. Dr. Pereira describes this technology as a unique collection of peptides that sense local pH changes, which can be used to accurately deliver drugs or other target molecules to individual cells.

Listen in to hear more from Dr. Pereira as he explains the science of nanotechnology, its potential role in therapeutics, and various examples of Subscribe to this podcast to stay up-to-date with current projects, interviews, and innovation in pharmacy.