Application of nanotechnology to medicine

Author

Pourrezaei, Kambiz

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA

Volume

4

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

4087

Abstract

Nanotechnology refers to situations where at least one dimension of interest is around or is less than 100 nm. This is of significance in life sciences where many fundamental sub-cellular and protein functions take place at this spatial scale. The ability to image and manipulate biological moieties at this scale opens up many new possibilities. Further, some of the most exciting applications of nanotechnology are where a particular geometrical size, right size, may promote or inhibit a particular behavior. In this paper a quick overview of some new discoveries will be made. The remainder will focus on drug delivery, tissue engineering, and biosensors.

Keywords

biochemistry; biological tissues; biosensors; biotechnology; cellular biophysics; drug delivery systems; medicine; nanotechnology; 100 nm; biological moieties; biosensors; drug delivery; fundamental sub-cellular functions; geometrical size; life sciences; medicine; nanotechnology; protein functions; spatial scale; tissue engineering; Biodegradable materials; Drug delivery; Heart; Nanobioscience; Nanotechnology; Needles; Polymers; Protein engineering; Tissue engineering; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2001. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7211-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2001.1019750

Filename

1019750