Nanotechnology’s Giant Leap Forward Benefits All of Civilization

Nanotechnology’s giant leap forward benefits all of civilization.

By

Christopher Decker

Dr Kathy Langston

Online ENC102 English Composition

12July2012

Christopher Decker

Online ENC 102 English Composition

Dr Kathy Langston

10July2012

Nano-medicine is the branch of medicine concerned with the application of nano-technology to the prevention and treatment of disease (Definition 1). It involves the monitoring, repair, construction, and control of human biological systems at the molecular level, using engineered nano-devices and nanostructures (Definitions 1). This field is a, increasingly developing area of science and medicine, taking a tremendous leap forward during the Twenty First Century. In 2006 the journal of Nature Material, it was estimated that there was 130 based nano drug and delivery systems already in development (Kokate 274). Nano-technologies growth has impacted the medical field through innovations that allow for more personalized health care, direct drug treatment, and cancer related medical treatment and procedures, however there remains a number of, disadvantages related to such technology, including for instance the onset and risk of, toxins and cancer due to their use in such medical technology.

An important inquiry related to understanding such medical and research advances specifically requires an assessment as to what comprises nanotechnology. In fact nano-technology is a word that often invokes much confusion to most people when they hear it. For instance as Webster’s dictionary defines nano-technology “as the science of manipulating materials on an atomic or molecular scale especially to build microscopic devices” (Nanotechnology 1). The working definition of the nano-technology is significantly broader, and specifically encompasses the development of materials, devices, or other structures with at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometers (Boysen 10). The significance of nano-technology cannot also be...