Prof. Yashwant Pathak
USF Health Taneja College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, USA
Title: Recent trends in surface modification of liposomes for drug delivery with special focus on cancer treatment
Abstract:
Successful use of pharmaceuticals is based on the ability of the carrier to deliver the drug at the targeted site especially in case of cancer treatment, while evading unintended interactions, endosomal sequestration and degradation. By developing targeted therapies or treatment of different cancers can be tremendously improved. . Liposomes are nano carriers that encapsulate their payloads protecting active ingredients from biological environments and degradation. Their use in nanomedicine has the ability to reshape the drug administration from improved specificity and prolonged circulation to decreased cytotoxicity and fewer negative side effects. The efficacy and functionality of liposomes can be further refined and enhanced through surface modification. by conjugating liposomes with various moieties, drug delivery can become much efficient targeted drug delivery system. This paper will discuss recent trends in surface modification of liposomes with an intention to deliver these for cancer targeting.
Biography:
Yashwant Pathak, M Pharm, Executive MBA, MSCM, PhD, FAAAS
Yashwant Pathak (Yash) received his PhD from Nagpur University, India, Executive MBA and Masters in Conflict Management, Sullivan University, Louisville, USA. He has over 45 years’ experience in Academia and Industry. Presently, he is Professor at Taneja College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA. Yash has published over 400 research papers, reviews, and chapters with close to 5400 citations in Google scholar. He edited over 70 books in Nanotechnology, Nutraceuticals, Drug Delivery Systems, Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Neural Network. Her has keen interest in Conflict management and edited several books, Organizational conflict management, Handbook of organizational conflict management, Eastern and Indigenous perspectives in conflict management, RSS way of resolving conflicts and two volumes on nonprofit organizations conflict management. He is recipient of several International and national awards including Fulbright Senior Scholar 2016-2017 at Indonesia for 6 months, Fulbright Specialist Scholar 2019 at Witwatersrand University, South Africa, Adjunct Professor, Witwatersrand University, South Africa, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia, Fellow of American Association for advancement of Sciences (FAAAS), Fulbright Specialist Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogota Colombia, 2023,Fulbright Senior Scholar, Masaryk University, Czech Republic 2024. He is actively involved in many nonprofit organizations including HSS.org, ICHRRF.org, IACDSC.org , Uberoi Foundation for Religious Studies and so on. He was elected as Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (FAAAS) in 2021 for his research contributions.