ABSTRACT
Since 2001, when the United States announced a National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) aimed at creating a dedicated program to explore nanotechnology (see https://www.nano.gov/), many other countries, including the EU (see, e.g., https://www. euronanoforum2007.eu/), Japan (see www.nanonet.go.jp), and China (see, e.g., https://www.sipac.gov.cn), followed up with their own nanotechnology research programs. It is important to recall the special character of nanotechnology as both a pervasive and enabling technology, with potential impact in all sectors of the economy: electronics, computing, data storage, materials and manufacturing, health and medicine, energy, transportation, environment, national security, space exploration, and others. In this chapter, we focus on nanotechnology applications in the biomedical sector. We discuss the use of nanoparticles for the therapy of di erent kinds of tumors. en we illustrate the use
of magnetic nanoparticles in medical diagnostics, as well as for achieving drug or radiation delivery.
