TS.VIII.B
17:15 - 18:45
| Nanotechnology in Bio-Medicine | ||
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| The emerging field of nanotechnology is actually covering an huge area of research involving scientists from many different disciplines as physicists, chemists, engineers and biologists. In the last years nanotechnology has moved from being just a research discipline to representing one of the most exploited worldwide scientific and industrial enterprise. The importance of nanotechnology in biology and medicine is due to the small size and larger surface area relative to their volume of the nanomaterials that make nano-tools to easily interact with biomolecules at a molecular level both on the cell surface and inside the cell. By gaining access to various areas of the body nanoparticles have potential application in various medical field including diagnostics and therapeutics. Advances have been made that proved nanotechnology being beneficial in therapeutic and diagnostic field such as for diagnosis and targeted treatment of cancer and/or infectious diseases and for early detection of many diseases. Moreover, nanotechnology devices are being developed which can help in intracellular drug delivery and gene/protein delivery, as well as neuroimplantable devices to treat neurological traumatic and degenerative lesions. Work is currently being conducted to safely move these new nanosized tools into clinical practice |
