Freddy Nguyen: Michael King’s and Cindy Reinhart-King’s research programs have advanced treatment of cancer and other diseases.

Freddy Nguyen, a Research Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, recently shared on LinkedIn:

“Biomedical engineers Michael King, Cindy Reinhart-King to join Rice University faculty – Rice University Department of Bioengineering
Pair’s research programs have advanced treatment of cancer and other diseases.
“My lab studies how cells respond to mechanical and chemical cues within tissues and how these cues affect disease progression,” Reinhart-King said. “We use approaches from tissue engineering, biomaterials, microfabrication and molecular biology to understand how the physical properties of tissue can promote diseases, including cancer and atherosclerosis, two of the leading causes of death in the U.S.”
“My lab studies how cancer and immune cells respond to fluid shear forces, to gain a better understanding of the physical mechanisms of cancer metastasis. The goal is to innovate new approaches to treating cancer. We develop nanoparticles and nanostructured surfaces to deliver therapeutics to metastatic tumor cells, and build more realistic 3-D models of cancer,” said King, who will be a Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Scholar at Rice.”

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Source: Freddy Nguyen/LinkedIn