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| I went to a lecture for chemistry and learnt quite a bit. Some to do with nanotechnology and nanomedicine. Thanks to sci-fi programmes and books, the general belief is that nanotechnology is where tiny robots go into the body to destroy something, or cure something. This is completely fictional! Your thoughts on whether it is useful or not. |
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Nanotech is great. We've come a long way from computers that held the memory of a calculator taking
up an entire room. |
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Nanotechnology can save lives and improve weaponry |
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There is immense potential for nanotechnology in many fields (medicine, computers, engineering,
space...). We just have to be careful it isn't adapted for more sinister means (military,
espionage, etc.). And remember if you can't see it then it's very hard to detect, control, or
destroy. |
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Nanomedicine means using medicinal treatment at the nanometre level, i.e: 1xE-9 metres, so really
small. This involves designing medicine with a specific role in the body which only targets that
part, i.e: Something developed to prevent tumor spreading, a molecule developed to inhibit the
effects of cancer and only attaches to the specific part because tumor cells require a certain
amount of a chemical. Effectively wrap the molecule in this chemical and it will be whisked away to
the part that needs it. I believe that science has become too much of a sci-fi subject because of
the media completely mis interpreting something so basic. |
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26 Nov 2008 09:49
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