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\"Elizabeth-Nance_PressRelease_EDIT\"<\/a>ELIZABETH NANCE, PHD \u201912<\/strong>, jokes that she made Forbes magazine\u2019s 30 under 30 list\u2014which recognizes outstanding young professionals\u2014by the skin of her teeth. \u201cI just squeezed in,\u201d laughs the North Carolina native, who turned 30 in early February.<\/p>\n

In her postdoc fellowship at the School of Medicine, Nance worked on promising new treatments for brain cancer and other cranial diseases. She has developed nanoparticle technology that can pass through the difficult-to-cross blood-brain barrier and penetrate further into diseased brains, which most medicines cannot do. The nanoparticles can provide physicians and researchers with access to regions of the brain not previously reachable, and help them observe how cells are spaced within the brain and how drug therapies can work in the brain.<\/p>\n

Nance is conducting nanoparticle testing in animals but aims to transfer the method to humans\u2014even newborns\u2014over the next five to 10 years. She hopes testing can shed light on treating such diseases as autism, ALS, traumatic brain injury, and stroke.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese things are so small, they have unique properties to get through the damaged barrier,\u201d she says. \u201cMy particle platform was examining the disease itself and determining what would impact a particular outcome, such as reducing the size of a brain tumor. In most cases, you are trying to cure a patient or minimize suffering or reduce the side effects to improve a patient\u2019s quality of life.\u201d<\/p>\n

A seasoned educator who volunteers at the Children\u2019s Science Center in Herndon, Virginia, Nance hopes the Forbes honor will inspire other students to dream big.<\/p>\n

Peter Li, MS \u201913, also made Forbes\u2019 30 Under 30 list. Read our story about him in the Winter 2015 issue of Johns Hopkins Engineering magazine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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