Nanomedicine: Potential Upsides and Downsides

Mason Jiang Cluster 2 Copyright Tim Fonseca

What Is Nanomedicine?

UPSIDE

 Medical Revolution  Preservation of Life Copyright Robert A. Freitas Jr.

http://www.modernmonkey.com

DOWNSIDE

 Chronic Trouble  Unanswered Questions

Medical Sensors

UPSIDE

 Efficient Body Regulation and Monitoring  Sensory Recovery

DOWNSIDE

 Intrusion  Dependence and Sensor Failure http://www.ornl.gov/info/o rnlreview/rev32_3/nanose ns.htm

Drug Delivery / Encapsulation

UPSIDE

http://www.pharmaceutical technology.com/  Precisely Timed Drug Release  Drug Protection in Body

DOWNSIDE

 Chemical Disagreements  Toxicity

Implantable Materials

UPSIDE

 Control and Flexibility in Cosmetic Applications  Wound Healing and Tissue Engineering

DOWNSIDE

 Immune Rejection http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/stm/cellular/ ear.gif

Michigan Institute of Technology

Smart Materials

UPSIDE

 Detecting Change  Obsolete Body Implants

DOWNSIDE

 Superhumans

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/s cience/media/concept-1.jpg

Nanobots

UPSIDE

 Internal Repairing  Efficient Maintenance of Body

DOWNSIDE

 Intrusive / Lack of Privacy  Control Issues

Final Thoughts

 Potential Medical Breakthrough  Possible Scientific/Societal Dud  How do we weigh out nanomedicine’s costs and benefits towards society?

http://www.jracademy.com/~vinjama/nanomedicine_files/image006.jpg

Works Cited

• http://www.nanomedicine.com

• http://nnin.org/ • http://www.ornl.gov/info/ornlreview/rev32_3/nanosens.htm

• http://www.nanotech-now.com/images/ • http://www.human-evolution.org/nano_medicine.php

• http://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/ • http://www.nanotechinstitute.org/nti/index.jsp • http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/stm/cellular/ear.gif • http://www.nano.uts.edu.au/nano.html

• http://www.regenerativemedicine.ca/nanomed • http://www.voyle.net/ • http://mazur www.harvard.edu/talk_images/Nanosurgery_talk.jpg • xaonon.dyndns.org/misc/unbounding_the_future.pdf

• http://www.jracademy.com/~vinjama/nanomedicine_files/imag e006.jpg

• http://schc.sc.edu/nfb/papers/Letham_1of2