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Nanotechnology is one of the most popular areas of scientific research, especially with regard to medical applications. We’ve already discussed some of the new detection methods that should bring about cheaper, faster and less invasive cancer diagnoses. But once the diagnosis occurs, there’s still the prospect of surgery, chemotherapy or radiation treatment to destroy the cancer. Unfortunately, these treatments can carry serious side effects. Chemotherapy can cause a variety of ailments, including hair loss, digestive problems, nausea, lack of energy and mouth ulcers. Read more ……

Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the world. New technologies such as nanotechnology present us with new ways of treating patients that were unimaginable only a few years ago. However, there needs to be an understanding of the problems clinicians and patients face and the potential solutions scientists can develop to improve the efficacy of diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

On behalf of the UC San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center, it is privilege to invite you to participate in Application for Nanomedicine: New Strategies and Innovations to Understand, Treat, and Monitor Disease.

This unique webinar series brings expertise from many fields at UC San Diego and it is intended to demonstrate how nanotechnology can enhance the diagnosis, monitoring and cutting edge treatments of cancer. At UC San Diego we have built a program that incorporates nanotechnology in cancer care and we would like to educate you on this new discipline. This course will illustrate applications of nanotechnology in cancer treatment that are soon to be available in a clinic near you. Read more ……

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Commercial coolers and walk-in freezers could become pop relics, like bottled Coca Cola machines, thanks to NanoPore Inc.

The Albuquerque company, which sells thermal insulation and cooling devices based on breakthrough nanotechnology, has launched a new firm to develop and market instant beverage chillers. The machines, which are about twice the size of a large microwave, allow consumers to cool a warm can of soda or another drink in just seconds.

NanoPore’s new company, NanoBev, is now testing the prototype for PepsiCo and other clients. Once the NanoBev machines are ready for market, they could conceivably replace commercial coolers and freezers, said NanoPore President Doug Smith.  Read more ……

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The term “nanotechnology” has evolved over the years via terminology drift to mean “anything smaller than microtechnology,” such as nano powders, and other things that are nanoscale in size, but not referring to mechanisms that have been purposefully built from nanoscale components. This evolved version of the term is more properly labeled “nanoscale bulk technology,” while the original meaning is now more properly labeled “molecular nanotechnology” (MNT), or “nanoscale engineering,” or “molecular mechanics,” or “molecular machine systems,” or “molecular manufacturing.” Recently, the Foresight Institute has suggested an alternate term to represent the original meaning of nanotechnology: zettatechnology.

At the most basic technical level, MNT is building, with intent and design, and molecule by molecule, these two things: 1) incredibly advanced and extremely capable nano-scale and micro-scale machines and computers, and 2) ordinary size objects, using other incredibly small machines called assemblers or fabricators (found inside nanofactories).

In a nutshell, by taking advantage of quantum-level properties, MNT allows for unprecedented control of the material world, at the nanoscale, providing the means by which systems and materials can be built with exacting specifications and characteristics. Or, as Dr. K. Eric Drexler puts it “large-scale mechanosynthesis based on positional control of chemically reactive molecules.” Read more ……

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