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Development of Polymeric Biomaterials for
Medical Diagnosis and Therapy
Tae Hee Kim
Technical Textile Technology Center, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), Korea
Tel : +82-31-8040-6088, Fax : 031-8040-6080
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Abstract: Biomedical technology is one of the rapidly growing and evolving research fields.
Recent advances in biotechnology and pharmaceutical science accelerate research and
development of biomaterials. Advances in polymer technology has yielded a wide range of
applications to drug and gene delivery systems, tissue engineering and cell therapies,
nanotechnology based imaging and diagnostic systems. In this presentation, our current studies
on developing polymeric nanoparticles for cancer imaging and therapy, and fiber-based scaffolds
for tissue engineering will be reviewed.