Nanotechnology in Healthcare: Getting Smaller and Smarter

We are living at the dawn of the nanomedicine age. I believe that nanoparticles and nanodevices will soon operate as precise drug delivery systems, cancer treatment tools or tiny surgeons. Let me introduce you the brave, new world of nanotechnology in healthcare. Nanorobots having nanobreakfast with your red and white blood cells When I was a kid, one of my favorite TV series was a French animation, Il était un fois… la vie (1986). I found it fascinating how the creators imagined the human body as a construction where tiny cars floated through the human veins, grab-cranes worked on teeth and bacteria as tiny monsters tried to attack innocent screaming lady-cells, while white blood cells defended the body as well-trained soldiers. Somehow similarly, the 1966 movie, Fantastic Voyage explored shrinking a medical team to microscopic size in order to save a renowned scientist’s life. The Argonauts travel through the bloodstream into the brain where the crew uses a laser gun to blast away a blood clot. Now, imagine that all this could happen in real life… How about a nanometer sized cage that lets out insulin but doesn’t get attacked by our immune system? How about a nanorobot delivering dopamine directly to the brainstem for treating Parkinson’s disease? And how about injecting chemotherapy into cancer cells while keeping healthy cells untouched? Could you imagine microscopic robots inside you sending alerts to your smartphone that a disease is about to develop in your...
Source: The Medical Futurist - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: Nanotechnology in Medicine cancer treatment drug delivery system future GC1 Healthcare Innovation nanodevices nanoparticles robotics wearables Source Type: blogs