This year, the Finnish Pharmaceutical Society has granted the Albert Wuokko Award for junior scholars to
Mónica Ferreira completed her
According to the study, the administration during myocardial infarction of nano-sized silicon particles with functionalized surfaces suggested a protective effects of the hearts of laboratory animals from further tissue damage, while dextran-based nanoparticle systems carrying two pharmacological substances were proven in laboratory experiments to have an effect on cellular effects involved in the reprogramming of fibroblasts, or cells occurring in connective tissue, to cardiomyocytes, or heart muscle cells.
The dissertation has provided significant new information on the application potential of nanoparticle technologies in treating myocardial infarction.