Journal of Nanomedicine & Nanotechnology

Qilong Lu

Biography

Qi Long Lu is a Director of Department of Neurology at McColl-Lockwood Laboratory for Muscular Dystrophy Research, Neuromuscular/ALS Center, Carolinas Medical Center, USA. He is an Adjunct Professor, at University of North Carolina at Charlotte and School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina. Formerly he worked as Research Scientist, Clinical Science Centre, MRC (London, UK), Research Fellow, Royal Postgraduate Medical School (London, UK) and Consultant in Pathology, Shanghai Medical University (Shanghai, China). He has obtained his PhD from University of London (London, UK). Dr. Lu’s main interests are gene therapy, oligonucleotide therapy and read-through strategy for muscular dystrophies with a goal to treat limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) type 2I. He has published many research articles in various national and international journals.  

Research Interest

Dr. Lu’s research interests are gene therapy, Nanobiotechnology, Biotechnology, Nanomedicine, Nanotechnology application in medical therapy, oligonucleotide therapy and read-through strategy for muscular dystrophies with a goal to treat limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) type 2I.