Nanotechnology: Looking As We Leap

Nanotechnology: Looking As We Leap

Looking back as we move forward.

Through the looking glass--or, look before you leap.

Regulation of nanotechnology: Are we doing enough?

the Nanotechnology Task Force of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the United States released a report which addressed the regulatory challenges presented by products that use nanotechnology (FDA 2007). Since most of these potential products involve nanomaterial interactions with biological tissues, this report directly speaks to the fi eld of nanomedicine. A general fi nding of the rep...

Can We Use Nanotechnology to Treat Cancer?

Could the next big change in cancer treatment actually be tiny? There are many reasons that cancer is such a difficult disease to treat. Scientists can either try to come up with new and better cancer medicines or they can find better ways for cancer patients to receive their medicines. This paper describes a possible new way to deliver cancer medicines using something called nanoparticles – ti...