Nanotechnology - The Future of Healthcare Industry
Nanotechnology is an exciting new area in science, with many possible applications in medicine. This article seeks to outline the role of different areas such as diagnosis of diseases, drug delivery, imaging, and so on. The applications of nanotechnology assist in the designing and produce the medical devices. The use of nanotechnology is increasing as it lead to produce technologically advanced and minimally invasive products. The nanotechnology is used to nanocoatings, materials mimicking natural tissue, devices employing the electric and magnetic properties of nanomaterials and others.
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Nanotechnology can be defined as the science and engineering involved in the design, synthesis, characterization, and application of materials and devices whose smallest functional organization, in at least one dimension, is on the nanometer scale or one billionth of a meter. At these scales, consideration of individual molecules and interacting groups of molecules in relation to the bulk macroscopic properties of the material or device becomes important, as it has a control over the fundamental molecular structure, which allows control over the macroscopic chemical and physical properties. Nanotechnology has found many applications in medicine and this articles outlines some such applications.
Some of the key players operating in the nanotechnology in medical devices industry include, Smith & Nephew, Abbott, PerkinElmer Inc., 3M, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., Dentsply Sirona, Stryker, aap Implantate AG, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc and Starkey.
The human characteristics of curiosity, wonder, and ingenuity are as old as mankind. People around the world have been harnessing their curiosity into inquiry and the process of scientific methodology. Recent years have witnessed an unprecedented growth in research in the area of Nano science. There is increasing optimism that nanotechnology applied to medicine and dentistry will bring significant advances in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.
Growing interest in the future medical applications of nanotechnology is leading to the emergence of a new field called Nano medicine. Nano medicine needs to overcome the challenges for its application, to improve the understanding of pathophysiologic basis of disease, bring more sophisticated diagnostic opportunities, and yield more effective therapies and preventive properties. When doctors gain access to medical robots, they will be able to quickly cure most known diseases that hobble and kill people today, to rapidly repair most physical injuries our bodies can suffer, and to vastly extend the human health span. Molecular technology is destined to become the core technology underlying all of 21st century medicine. In this article, we have made an attempt to have an early glimpse on future impact of nanotechnology in medicine.