Nanotechnology Takes Medical Intervention to a New Level: Nanomedicine strives to deliver targeted medical therapies at the molecular scale while dealing with the challenges of biocompatibility and toxicity of nanomaterials

摘要

Nanomedicine is an emerging field whose definition is still evolving," says Richard Fisher, project team leader of the Nanomedicine Roadmap Initiative at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Md. Currently, the definition of this nascent field refers to finding cures for diseases through targeted medical intervention at the molecular level.