ABSTRACT

Although presently there is no universally accepted definition or nomenclature for nanotechnology and nanomedicine, these broad areas of research and development are not new [1, 2]. However, understanding how the effects of the nanoscale change the way therapeutics are measured and delivered is new. Nanomedicine, or the use of nanotechnology in medicine, now fundamentally changes how we think not only about therapeutics, but also about newly emerging molecular medical devices [3, 4].