Flash Lecture: Clinically Relevant Materials & Application Inspired by Food Technologies by Prof. William Chen, Michael Fam Endowed Professor, Director Food Science and Technology, NTU Singapore
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Flash Lecture: Clinically Relevant Materials & Application Inspired by Food Technologies by Prof. William Chen, Michael Fam Endowed Professor, Director Food Science and Technology, NTU Singapore
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Friday, 17 February 2023 10.00am
Venue: CREATE Tower, 1 Create Way, Theatrette Level 2, Singapore 138602
Food science and technology has a fundamental and considerable overlap with medicine, and many clinically important applications were born out of translational food science research. Globally, the food industry generates huge quantities of agro-waste and food processing by-products that retain significant biochemical potential for upcycling into important medical applications. This review explores some distinct clinical applications that are fabricable from food-based biopolymers and substances, often originating from food manufacturing side streams. These include antibacterial wound dressings and tissue scaffolding from biopolymers cellulose and chitosan as well as antimicrobial food phytochemicals for combating antibiotic-resistant nosocomial infections. Furthermore, fermentation is discussed as the epitome of a translational food technology that unlocks further therapeutic value from recalcitrant food-based substrates and enables sustainable large-scale production of high-value pharmaceuticals, including novel fermented food-derived bioactive peptides (BPs).
Venue: CREATE Tower, 1 Create Way, Theatrette Level 2, Singapore 138602
Food science and technology has a fundamental and considerable overlap with medicine, and many clinically important applications were born out of translational food science research. Globally, the food industry generates huge quantities of agro-waste and food processing by-products that retain significant biochemical potential for upcycling into important medical applications. This review explores some distinct clinical applications that are fabricable from food-based biopolymers and substances, often originating from food manufacturing side streams. These include antibacterial wound dressings and tissue scaffolding from biopolymers cellulose and chitosan as well as antimicrobial food phytochemicals for combating antibiotic-resistant nosocomial infections. Furthermore, fermentation is discussed as the epitome of a translational food technology that unlocks further therapeutic value from recalcitrant food-based substrates and enables sustainable large-scale production of high-value pharmaceuticals, including novel fermented food-derived bioactive peptides (BPs).
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2023-02-17
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Globally, the food industry generates huge quantities of agro-waste and food processing by-products that retain significant biochemical potential for upcycling into important medical applications. This review explores some distinct clinical applications that are fabricable from food-based biopolymers and substances, often originating from food manufacturing side streams.
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“Flash Lecture: Clinically Relevant Materials & Application Inspired by Food Technologies by Prof. William Chen, Michael Fam Endowed Professor, Director Food Science and Technology, NTU Singapore,” NTU CCA Singapore Digital Archive, accessed April 27, 2024, https://ntuccasingapore.omeka.net/items/show/4544.
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