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Nanomedicine

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Nanomedicine
The application of nanotechnology to medical diagnostics and therapies, which encompasses the use of nanoscale sensors to detect internal signals—e.g., glucose levels—and respond by releasing insulin or other biomolecules
nanomedicine
Modern medicine A developing field in which nanoscale–ie, teeny-weeny–sensors would detect internal signals–eg, glucose levels, and respond by releasing insulin or other biomolecule
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Nanomedicine is an offshoot of nanotechnology, "the science of controlling matter at a molecular level of scales smaller than 100 nanometers and fabricating devices within that size range.
Nanotechnology leads to new treatments by Klotter, Jule / Townsend Letter
The finding is published in the International Journal of Nanomedicine.
'Nano-sized assassins' for bacterial infections in implant patients ... by Asian News International
Vladimir Zharov, director of the Phillips Classic Laser & Nanomedicine Laboratories at the Winthrop Rockefeller Cancer Institute at UAMS, is the recipient of the five-year grant, which will ultimately total about $1.
UAMS gets grant totaling $1.5m for cancer research by Arkansas Business
 
 
 
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