Thursday, August 30, 2012

Nano-Medicine

I believe that the most important benefits of technology lie in the field of medicine.  Technology is enabling doctors to better diagnose and treat patients.  I experienced the benefits of technology in a recent hospital stay.  Doctors used some very high tech imaging devices to quickly identify the source of my illness (it took about 30 minutes from the time I arrived at the emergency room) and started treatment immediately after diagnosis.  Just a few years ago this would not have been possible and the diagnosis would have taken much, much longer.

In the future, nanotechnology will dramatically change medicine.  In fact, the U.S. National Science Foundation estimates that half of all medical treatments and drugs could be affected by nanotech (Halal, 2008).  From cancer fighting nanobots to nanocams that enable doctors to see internal organs, nano-medicine will change the way medicine is practiced.



Here's a link to an interesting article on the future of nanomedicine.

Forces:
Technological - Nano technology will need to be significantly advanced in order to support medical needs.

Ethical - Testing and experimentation on human subjects for nano medicine will have to be done in accordance with national and international ethics rules.

Reference:

Halal, W. E. (2008). Technology's Promise: Expert Knowledge on the Transformation of Business and Society. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.

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