Welcome to the Biomedical Polymer Science Laboratory. We are interested in designing polymers that interact with cells to elicit a desired biologic response. We currently have projects in the areas of connective tissue regeneration, cellular differentiation, and cancer treatment. By integrating biologic motifs into synthetic polymers, the desired properties of the polymer can be exploited. The biologic motifs allow the cells or tissue to respond in a natural manner to the polymer resulting in more natural regeneration, regrowth, or cellular death.
This website is constantly under construction and will be changing constantly (or at least I'd like it to...). Please return often for updates and news. Please contact Dr. Gemeinhart (rag@uic.edu) to report any broken or misdirected links.
Richard A. Gemeinhart, Ph.D. Associate Professor (2007-)
of Pharmaceutics and Bioengineering, Director of Graduate Studies for Biopharmaceutical Sciences (2005-),
and Assistant Head for Graduate Programs (2007-) Dept. of Biopharmaceutical Sciences
College of Pharmacy
The University of Illinois
357 College of Pharmacy Building
833 South Wood Street (MC 865)
Chicago, IL 60612-7231
(312) 996-2253 Office
(312) 996-9765 Laboratory
(312) 996-2784 Fax rag@uic.edu
Vandana Keskar, MIlind Gandhi, Ernie Gemeinhart, and Dr. Gemeinhart had a paper accepted to Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. The paper,Initial Evaluation of Vascular Ingrowth into Superporous Hydrogels, is our second in the area of engineering tissues and the first that included in vivo evaluation of scaffolds.
Milind Gandhi and our collaborators in Mechanical Engineering had a paper accepted to Molecular Pharmaceutics. The paper, Mechanistic Examination of Protein Release from Polymer Nanofibers, examines protein release from polymer nanofibers and suggests a mechanistic approach to desiging appropriate forumulations for controlling protein release.
Vandana Keskar and Dr. Gemeinhart had a paper accepted to Tissue Engineering. The paper, In Vitro Evaluation of Macroporous Hydrogels to Facilitate Stem Cell Infiltration, Growth and Mineralization, is our first in the area of engineering tissues and differentiation of adult stem cells.
Dr. Gemeinhart attended the National Cancer Institue Rapid Access to Investigations Drugs review panel on November 6, 2008.
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Inspired by many websites online, but in particular those implemented by Tonglei Li (http://xtal.gws.uky.edu/).
