Nanotechnology and medicine

Author

Thalhammer, Stefan ; Heckl, Wolfgang M.

Author_Institution

Dept. for Geo- & Environ. Sci., Univ. of Munich, Germany

fYear

2004

fDate

16-19 Aug. 2004

Firstpage

577

Lastpage

579

Abstract

Nanomedicine is the application of nanotechnology to the prevention and treatment of diseases in human body. The discipline is in its infancy. It has the potential to change medical science dramatically in the 21^st century. The most elementary nanomedical devices are used for diagnosis. Chemical tests exist for this purpose; nanomachines could be employed to monitor the internal chemistry of the body. The combination of high resolution microscopy, such as atomic force microscopy (AFM), and laser-based microdissection provides a direct approach for the investigation and isolation of biological specimen.

Keywords

atomic force microscopy; biomedical equipment; diseases; nanotechnology; patient diagnosis; patient treatment; AFM; atomic force microscopy; biological specimen; chemical tests; diseases; elementary nanomedical devices; high resolution microscopy; human body; laser based microdissection; medical science; nanomachines; nanomedicine; nanotechnology; patient diagnosis; patient treatment; Atomic force microscopy; Biomedical monitoring; Chemical elements; Diseases; Humans; Medical diagnostic imaging; Nanobioscience; Nanoscale devices; Nanotechnology; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nanotechnology, 2004. 4th IEEE Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8536-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NANO.2004.1392425

Filename

1392425