Toward Cell-Specific Nanoparticle Delivery Systems

The targetable delivery of therapeutic nanoparticles remains a significant challenge in modern medicine, particularly due to the complexity, time, and expense involved in experimental design and optimization for cell-specific applications. To address this, NOCAP (Nanoparticle Optimization and Cell Affinity Prediction) was developed, a computational framework designed to (i) predict the affinities between nanoparticles and gene expression signatures of cancer cells and (ii) optimize nanoparticle formulations for specific targets. NOCAP successfully predicts cellular affinity for previously unseen cancer cell lines. The findings demonstrate the potential of machine learning to streamline the rational selection of target-specific nanoparticle drug delivery systems, paving the way for more efficient and precise therapeutic interventions.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2024

Author dc:creator

• Murphy, Sean

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Barzilay, Regina

Statement dc:rights

• Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
• Copyright retained by author(s)

Licence dc:rights.uri

• https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/156308

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/156308