RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Lederman, Lynne
T1 Nanomedicine Holds Promise for New Diagnostics and Therapeutics
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2015
FD SAGE Publications
VO 14
IS 49
SP 8
OP 9
DO 10.1177/155989771449003
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/49/8.abstract
AB When substances are reduced to nanoscale size, they display different properties. Nanoscale phenomena have been recognized for millennia, but the ability to rationally design, build, and manipulate nanoscale objects is fairly recent. In plenary talk, the promise of nanomedicine and the convergence of nanoscience and nanotechnology with medicine were discussed.