Press Release
- New method uses 'nanospears' to deliver genes directly to patient cells
NanoVelcro microchips could someday noninvasively diagnose prenatal conditions
-"Imprinted NanoVelcro Microchip for Isolation and Characterization of Circulating Fetal Trophoblasts – Toward Noninvasive Prenatal Diagnostics"
ACS Nano
UCLA scientists use ‘NanoVelcro’ and temperature control to extract tumor cells from blood
- The device enables scientists to capture and release the cancer cells in optimal conditions.
Blood Profiling Atlas in Cancer (BloodPAC) Project
- a former White House Cancer Moonshot Program.
Honors
Tower Cancer Foundation Career Development Grant 2018 - Yi-Tsung Lu
Cogressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) FY15 Postdoctoral Training Award - Jie-Fu Chen
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) FY17 - Yu Jen Jan
Outstanding Poster Award, NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer, NIH 2018 “Dynamic Variations in Gene Expressions of Circulating Tumor Cells in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Patients in Response to Androgen Receptor Signaling Inhibitors”- Poster presented at NIH/NCI- Principle investigator meeting 2018. - Yu Jen Jan
Outstanding Poster Award, NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer, NIH 2017 “NanoVelcro CTC Purification Systems for Expressional Analysis of Circulating Tumor Cells from Prostate Cancer Patients”- Poster presented at NIH/NCI- Principle investigator meeting 2017. - Yu Jen Jan