Nanotechnology in Medicine

Nanotechnology in euphony When thinking of Nanotechnology one could think of the moving picture G. I. Joe The Rise of Cobra. In the movie Cobra steals nanotech warheads and attacks the Eiffel Tower and it is destroyed by molecule sized machines in a matter of minutes. At this point in time nanotechnology is nowhere come near this far along. Nanotechnology of today is about manipulating different types of matter on a molecular scale thus making them stronger and more durable (Williamson, Kenneth D. untried Products). Hopefully well be able to create the nanobots of G.I. Joe in the near hereafter but for now it is just science fiction. With the science of nanotechnology we can subvert the field of medicine like never forrader, destroy cancer in the human beings body without killing the host body and revolutionize diagnostic tomography technology. Nanotechnology in medicine is often referred to as Nano medicine. One of the foremost enforces of nanotech in medicine was in th e early nineties. Silver Nano crystals were developed and employ as an ant-microbial agent in healing infections (Nanotech in Med. ilver coatings). another(prenominal) use is in burn treatment. The burn dressing applied to burns is idiotic with nanoparticle sized antibiotics that are released when encountering a foreign organism (Nanotech in Med. ) Another positive use for preventative care is the use of Buckyballs. Buckyballs are an accidental discovery made by Richard Smalley in the early 1980s they are a form of carbon which has been found to be able to condense any kind of water schema thus preventing people from catching water borne sicknesses (Nanotechs Impact).Currently the fighting against cancer uses the bloodstream as the delivery system for toxic drugs. A cancer patient in the process of fetching these drugs is subjected to a mind numbing array of horrible side effects. In 2012 a company, Bind Biosciences submitted clinical data on their use of nanotechnology to fi ght cancerous tumors. Their data shows that more of the cancer drug is delivered to the tumor and that in that location were marked improvements in anti-tumor activity. This process also reduced the toxicity to the patients and there was no new toxicity problems noted (Clinical Data.Bind 014). This process will at long last be able to be used with all cancer types as soon as the process is approved. In the past it was hard to influence the exact position and shape of cancer tumors and im come-at-able to deliver cancer fighting drugs to the tumor itself. With the advancement of diagnostic imaging it is now possible to deliver these drugs directly to the tumor itself. Now a person is injected with or drinks something infused with nano-particles and allows scientists a sharper image of the persons body (Nanotech. appear musical instrument).When patients drink the dye for M. R. I. imaging the dye wouldnt last. Now the nano-particles existence used have a long shelf life at heart the body and can be used in subsequent imaging sessions (Nanotech. Emerging Tool). With nanotechnology it is also possible to track an individual cell by dint of its journey in the body (Nanotech. Emerging Tool). At this time the unite States of America has invested three point seven billion dollars in its make nanotechnology program and most other developed countries are following fit out (Nanotech. Wikipedia).Within the next fifteen years there are going to be some major leaps in technology due to the use of nanotechnology and the human life experience is going to be better than ever before in human history. It is already changing life as we tell apart it and most people dont even realize it. work Cited Bennet-Woods, Debra. Nanotecnology in MedicineImplications of converge Technologies on Humanity. Nanotecnology in MedicineImplications of Converging Technologies on Humanity. 49. 4 (2006) 54-59. Web. 8 Apr. 2013. Bind biosciences presents clinical data on bind 014. www. un derstandingnano. com. UNDERSTANDING NANO.COM, 3 22 2013. Web. 3-22-2013. Ckakraborty, Mainak, Surangna Jain , and Vibha Rani. NanotechnologyEmerging Tool for Diagnostics and Therapeutics. ProQuest. Appl Biochem Biotechnol, 17 Aug 2011. Web. 8 Apr 2013. Nanotechnology. wikipedia. wikipedia, 4 7 2013. Web. 7 Apr 2013. (Nanoparticles and Their applications. Nanogloss. com. N. p. , 3 20 2013. Web. 3-20-2013. Williamson, Kenneth D. Nanotechnology. Charleston Newspapers 18 Nov 2007, Sunday Gazette 1C. Web. 8 Apr. 2013. ProQuest www. understandingnano. com. www. understandingnano. com. understandingnano. com, 3 20 2013. Web. 8 Apr 2013.