NANOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS IN INDUSTRY AND MEDICINE

Abstract

Since some time ago, nanotechnology has become one of the most promising
scientific hopes in several human domains. Countless scientific studies in several
areas of knowledge have been made since the nanoscale emergence, bringing their
contribution to the nanoscience development. The recent researches in this field
allowed the union of interests from several areas, such as physical sciences, molecular
engineering, biology, biotechnology and medicine for example, contributing to the
investigation of Biosystems at a nanoscale. Nanotechnology and nanobiosystems are
becoming a privileged domain in order to reach an advanced level in the human
development in many fields, as: a) the biotechnology processes; b) the synthesis of
new drugs and their delivery on a live bod; c) the regenerative medicine and the new
technologies in medicine: biotechnology and nanotechnology, body area networks for
telemedicine-nanomedicine, nanoimaging, nanotechnological implants, in-body
diagnostic systems, nanobiomedical wired devices, etc.; d) the application on the
sustainability of the environment. Nanoscale can provide the tools to get better
conditions to investigate Biosystems and to get advances with nanomaterials. These
nanoscales, used in Biosystems, contribute to enhance very innovative and promising results in medical area. Improvements in the telemedicine and on health are expectable with new systems operations and new nanotechniques. Ethical, legal and social implications are posed and the need for discussing this theme shows the importance of nanotechnology to the society and the consequences, both positive and negative, that the development of nanotechnology will have to mankind in the future.