Nanotechnology for Hematology, Blood Transfusion, and Artificial Blood

Adil Denizli is Professor at Hacettepe University, Department of Chemistry, Ankara, Turkey. His main research fields are molecular imprinting technologies, purification of biomolecules by chromatographic methods, detection of molecules by sensors, production of polymers with different surface and bulk properties, shape and geometries, and application of these polymers in different applications. Mariappan Rajan is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Natural Products Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Madurai Kamaraj University, India. He is an experienced researcher and is mainly interested in the development of biodegradable polymeric nanocarrier systems, nanogels, nanoparticles, nanocomposite scaffolds, bio-ceramic materials and mineral substituted scaffold for Tissue engineering, Drug Delivery and Wound Dressing applications. Mohammad Feroz Alam M.D (Pathology) is an Assistant Professor at J.N Medical College, AMU. He has an experience of nearly 16 years in Teaching and Research work.His areas of interest are Hematology, Histopathology, Cancer research and Nanomedicine Khaliqur Rahman is an Associate Professor in the Hematology Laboratory at Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India. His areas of research are molecular diagnostic of hematolymphoid neoplasm and advancement in flow cytometric immunophenotyping and minimal residual disease evaluation. Tuan Anh Nguyen is Principal Research Scientist at the Institute for Tropical Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam. His research focuses on advanced nanomaterials and nanotechnology for corrosion and materials integrity in transportation systems. His research activities include smart coatings, conducting polymers, corrosion and protection of metals/concrete, antibacterial materials, and advanced nanomaterials.

PART 1: FUNDAMENTALS 1. Blood-nano interface: an introduction 2. Blood- nanomaterials interactions 3. Immune system - nanomaterials interactions 4. Uptake by reticuloendothelial system (RES) of the injected nanoparticles 5. Biomimetic nanomedicine: an introduction 6. Transport of nanoparticles in blood flow: Mathematical simulation 7. Effect of nanoparticle on the blood coagulation system (Nanoparticle interface with the blood coagulation system) 8. Toxicity/risk assessment of nanomaterials when used in hematology, blood transfusion and artificial blood

PART 2: HEMATOLOGY 9. Lab-on-a-chip (Lab-on-a-phone) for analysis of blood (diagnosis of blood diseases) 10. Nanotechnology for blood test to predict the blood diseases or blood disorders 11. Nanopharmacology in translational hematology and oncology (Nanotechnology applications in hematological malignancies) 12. Target-specific ligands loaded nanomagnets for  blood purification (removal of pathogens without fouling of filter membranes) 13. Nanomaterials- based circulating artificial bioreactor for replacement of blood components 14. Drug delivery systems based on blood cells

PART 3: BLOOD TRANSFUSION 15. Smart blood transfusion: An introduction 16. Nanofiltration 17. Nanotechnology for the preservation of red blood cells 18. Nanotechnology for destroying blood clots

PART 4: ARTIFICIAL BLOOD 19. Artificial red blood cells 20. Platelet substitutes 21. WBC substitutes 22. Future scope