Dendrimers in medical nanotechnology

Nanotechnology-supported THz medical imaging

Over the last few decades, the achievements and progress in the field of medical imaging have dramatically enhanced the early detection and treatment of many pathological conditions. The development of new imaging modalities, especially non-ionising ones, which will improve prognosis, is of crucial importance. A number of novel imaging modalities have been developed but they are still in the in...

Dendrimers and Other Dendritic Macromolecules: From Building Blocks to Functional Assemblies in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Given their size, in the single-digit nanometer range, and the versatility of their functionality, dendrimers and other dendritic macromolecules are poised to make a significant contribution to the rapidly expanding fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology. This highlight focuses on nascent applications of dendrimers that take advantage of their structural features and polyvalent character. In ...

Nanotechnology applied to medical biofilms control

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (N&N) are new approaches to research phenomena at atomic, molecular and macromolecular scales, where properties differ significantly from those at a larger scale. This new approach can be applied to microbial biofilms, which are formed when bacterial and/or yeast cells adhere to abiotic and biotic surfaces. It is well known that microorganisms in biofilms have a d...

Mythogenesis and Nanotechnology: Future Medical Directions

Journal of Futures Studies, February 2008, 12(3): 71 82 The realm of nanotechnology is in its pioneering stage, similar to what quantum science was in the 1920's and 1930's (Atkinson, 2005, p.34). Like our scientific discoveries of the atom, nuclear fission, DNA, space travel, and the human genome, science has extended human consciousness, enabling humans to ponder in new ways their relationshi...

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