Nanomedicine or The Rise of the Cyborg

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Nanomedicineor The Rise of the Cyborg

• Chris Schafer
• Michigan Technological University
• Physics, Nanotechnology

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Contents

• What is Nanotechnology?
• What is Nanomedicine?
• Methods of Nanomedicine
• Implementations of Nanomedicine
• Future of Nanomedicine

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What is Nanotechnology?

• Nano-technology mainly consists of the
  processing of, separation, consolidation, and
  deformation of materials by one atom or by one
  molecule.
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  -N. Taniguchi
• Technology based on the manipulation of
  individual atoms and molecules to build
  structures to complex atomic specification.
  K. Eric Drexler

• Biological Basis for Nanotechnology
• Molecular Manufacturing
• Solution Based Nanotechnology

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What is Nanomedicine?

• the application of nanotechnology (the
  engineering of tiny machines) to the prevention
  and treatment of disease in the human body.
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• Potential Cures to
• Cancer
• Degenerative Diseases
• Aging

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Methods of Nanomedicine

• Diagnose
• Doctor on a Chip
• Nanobots
• Detection
• Quantum Dots
• Cancer Imaging
• Drug Delivery
• Drug Cocktails

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Implementations of Nanomedicine

• Quantum Dots
• Cancer Imaging
• Drug Delivery Chips
• Gold Membrane Release Mechanism
• Tissue Engineering
• Scaffolding

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Future of Nanomedicine

• Dawn of the Nanobot
• End of Aging
• Birth of the Superhuman

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Bibliography

• BBC, www.bbc.co.uk
• Drexler, K. Eric. Engines of Creation The Coming
  Era of Nanotechnology. New York Doubleday, 1986.
• Foresight Institute, www.foresight.org
• N. Taniguchi, "On the Basic Concept of
  'Nano-Technology'," Proc. Intl. Conf. Prod. Eng.
  Tokyo, Part II, Japan Society of Precision
  Engineering, 1974.
• Sargent, Ted. The Dance of Molecules. New York
  Thunder's Mouth Press, 2006.