Project Name: NanoWarriors
TechXplore 2007-2008, sponsored by the National Science & Technology Education Partnership (NSTEP).
This TechXplore project was completed by Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, NJ, with technical support from Jim Lowery of ITM- Instruments Technology, Machinery.
Cystic fibrosis is an escalating phenomenon with detrimental effects. A major part of this life shortening disease is the presence of excess mucus in the lungs. Currently, there is no cure and the only option for victims is periodically coughing up the build up of mucus. We propose packaging a chemical (possibly a gene since cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease) into an inhalable nanoparticle, which will eventually release the chemical into the lungs, reducing the mucus synthesis.
http://www.cff.org/AboutCF/Faqs/