W. Mark Saltzman
Goizueta Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology and of Chemical Engineering; Department Chair, Biomedical Engineering
Departments & Organizations
School of Engineering and Applied ScienceBiological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Neuroscience | Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology
Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program
Developmental Therapeutics
Vascular Biology and Therapeutics Program
Global Health Initiative: Information & Biotechnology
Center for RNA Science and Medicine, Yale
Cellular & Molecular Physiology: Physiology and Integrative Medical Biology Track | Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Liver Center
Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center
T32 Mentors
Developmental Therapeutics
Research Interests
Bio-compatible polymers, drug delivery systems
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Selected Publication
- Woodrow KA, Cu Y, Booth CJ, Saucier-Sawyer J, Wood MJ, and Saltzman WM. Intravaginal gene silencing using biodegradable nanoparticles densely loaded with small-interfering RNA, Nature Materials 8:526-533 (2009).
Articles
May/June 2006
Meeting the demand for blood supply: Yale makes strides in vessel engineering
Although blood vessels may seem like mere plumbing compared to organs like the brain or eye, they are complex and...
March/April 2006
Mending the human machine
With its mirror-like reflection of the grand old houses of Hillhouse Avenue and Trumbull Street, the sweeping glass...
March 2012
Tiny particle a big step in cancer gene therapy
Gene therapy is an attractive concept with great promise. But in practice, delivering therapeutic genes to diseased...
Jan/Feb 2007
$3 billion Yale campaign will benefit science and medicine
Nearly a decade after the close of its last major fundraising campaign, Yale has launched “Yale Tomorrow,” a five-year...
Medicine@Yale, the bimonthly newsletter of Yale School of Medicine (YSM), chronicles achievements
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