Nanomedicine: destination or journey?
- 4 July 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Nanotechnology
- Vol. 13 (4) , R9-R13
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/13/4/201
Abstract
Nanomedicine in a broad sense is the application of nano-scale technologies to the practice of medicine. The creation of nanodevices such as nanobots capable of performing therapeutic functions in vivo is a destination within the emerging field of nanomedicine. On the journey to that destination, significant technological advances across multiple scientific disciplines continue to be proposed, validated and commercialized. Advances in delivering therapy, miniaturization of analytical tools, improved computational and memory capabilities and developments in remote communications will be integrated allowing for the development of such nanobots. Nanomedicine is both a destination and a journey. The journey will cross new frontiers, uncover new knowledge and bring new horizons to the understanding and practice of medicine.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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