Live Chat: Nanotechnology Is the Future of Medicine

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Nanotechnology, the science of manipulating the very, very small, could revolutionize medicine. Nanomagnets could fry tumors, for example, and an army of nanosensors in the body could detect the occurrence of infections and life-threatening diseases. Some of these ideas are already in clinical trials. But how are they to become reality? What are the potential side effects? And what nanotechnology means for personalized medicine?

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Anna Barker

immunology and microbiology Anna Barker recently joined the Arizona State University (ASU) to direct the transformative health Networks initiative which seeks to develop new research approaches and treatment of acute and chronic diseases. Prior to joining ASU, Barker was deputy director of the National Cancer Institute, where she oversaw efforts to apply nanotechnology to the fight against cancer, among other things.

Mark Davis

chemical engineer Mark Davis divides her research at the California Institute of technology between new catalysts and nano research to kill cancer cells . A main compound developed by the laboratory of Davis was taken by Massachusetts Cambridge, Cerulean Pharma and is currently in a Phase II clinical trial of. Davis is a member of three national science academies and the dashboard champion of 400 meters in the world for men aged 55-59.

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