Nanotechnology is strongly influencing on all areas of science and technology and USA is the world leader in this process. Unavoidably, it is involving more and more countries among which is Cuba. The first works at the nano scale in Cuba started in the mid-nineties in our Lab of Bioinorganic Chemistry. We propose a collaboration oriented toward applications in biomedicine, a complex and highly promising area. Specifically, we propose to collaborate in the development of biosensors (optical and electrochemical), nanodevices for photothermal therapy and photodelivery of drugs, and nanotheranostics. Cuba can offer new monoclonal antibodies and aptamers as targeting agents, and our own experience in the proposed areas.<br/>This proposal was conceived to have as participants, from the Cuban side, our lab, other areas of the University of Havana, and the Cuban Center of Molecular Immunology.<br/>In earlier times, and on other topics, we have had collaboration (all ending in publications) with: Douglas X. West (Illinois State Univ., retired), Valerian T. D’ Souza (UMSL), and Luis Echegoyen (now at UTEP).

Cuba-USA collaboration can go nano

250th National Meeting (2015)

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