ABSTRACT
Medical nanotechnology (nanomedicine) is one of the newest ™elds of medical research. In 2006, the U.S. National Institute of Health Roadmap for Medical Research in Nanomedicine de™ned nanomedicine as, “an oŸshoot of nanotechnology, [which] refers to highly speci™c medical interventions at the molecular scale for curing disease or repairing damaged tissues, such as bone, muscle, or nerve.” Earlier, in 2004, the European Medical Research Councils (EMRC) wrote in their Forward Look report that nanomedicine is, “the science and technology of diagnosing, treating, and preventing disease and traumatic injury, of relieving pain, and of preserving and improving human health, using molecular tools and molecular knowledge of the human body.” Nanomedicine is the conduit through which nanotechnology encounters biology and medicine-an encounter that will undoubtedly result in great innovation and discovery.
