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Faculty Profile Last Modified Time: 02:14:04 PM Fri, 17 Apr 2020   Contact Information Lon J. Wilson Associated Profiles  Professor, Chemistry, Rice University   Mail Box: MS-60, Dell Butcher Hall, Room No.: 353    durango@rice.edu     713-348-3268    Faculty web page    Lab Webpage    Spectroscopy & Imaging, Nanomaterial Synthesis, Materials by Chemical Design, Multimodal Imaging Agents, Stem Cells, Nanoparticles, Drug Delivery, Thermal Treatment    Associated Profiles Research and Expertise Affiliations Appointments  Research and Expertise Research Interests   Professor Wilson's research program involves bringing carbon nanotechnology to the fields of biology and medicine. The nanoparticle "building blocks" of this program are fullerenes (C60), endohedral metallofullerenes (M@C60), and ultra-short (20 nm long) single-walled carbon nanotube capsules (US-tubes). Externally, these carbon nanostructures are being chemically derivatized to make them biocompatible and cell-specific through peptide and antibody targeting. Internally, the nanostructures are being loaded with materials of medical interest for diagnostic and therapeutic medicine. Materials of interest include Fe2O3 and Gd3+ ions for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), I2 molecules for X-ray computed tomography (CT) imaging and alpha-particle radionuclides (Ac3+-225 and At-211) for alpha-radioimmunotherapy of single-cell cancers. Cancer therapies are also being developed that take advantage of superparamagnetic nanostructures, such as Gd3+@US-tubes, that are simultaneously diagnostic (MRI-guided) and therapeutic (magnetic hyperthermia) agents in a single package. All these carbon nanostructures, with their medical cargos, are designed to be among the first intracellular agents, since the future of medicine will involve the early detection of disease at the cellular level when it is most treatable. Nanoengineered materials promise great advances in medicine, and, working with colleagues at various medical centers, our goal is to bring key, high-performance materials to the clinic as soon as possible.  Publications/Creative Works Click here to search for this faculty member's publications on PubMed.  Affiliations  Research Consortia John S. Dunn GCC for Chemical Genomics  Appointments Title Department / School Institution Professor Chemistry Rice University

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