Nanotechnology therapeutic application

Biomedical Microdevices—BioMEMS and Biomedical Nanotechnology. The Netherlands Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISSN 1387-2176. Interdisciplinary periodical devoted to all aspects of research in the diagnostic and therapeutic applications of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), microfabrication, and nanotechnology. Contributions on fundamental and applied investigations of the material science, biochemistry, and physics of biomedical microdevices are encouraged. 

The unique power of synthesis is the ability to create new molecules and materials with valuable properties. This capacity can be used to interact with the natural world, as in the treatment of disease or the production of food, but it can also produce compounds and materials beyond the capacity of living systems. Our present world uses vast amounts of synthetic polymers, mainly derived from petroleum by synthesis. The development of nanotechnology, which envisions the application of properties at the molecular level to catalysis, energy transfer, and information management has focused attention on multimolecular arrays and systems capable of self-assembly. We can expect that in the future synthesis will bring into existence new substances with unique properties that will have impacts as profound as those resulting from syntheses of therapeutics and polymeric materials. 

Research in nanotechnology has seen a huge improvement over the last decade, and already there are numerous companies specializing in the fabrication of new forms of nanosized materials for different applications including medical therapeutics and diagnostics, energy production, molecular computing and structural materials. ... 

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