Authors: by Rita D'Aquino
Publishing: ProQuest Information and Learning
Published: 2006
Those who have been watching the marriage between nanotechnology and bioscience blossom are expecting great things from their union. Dubbed nanobiotechnology, the field involves nanofabrication techniques to produce materials and devices with compelling biological applications, including drug delivery, diagnostics, tissue engineering and therapeutics. Imagine how pleasantly surprised Richard Feynman, the physicist who introduced the topic of nanotechnology in 1959. would be if he were here to witness nanotechnology in practice. He did not deny the ability for matter to be manipulated at the atomic level, but, at the same time, he was doubtful the technology would ever be put into practice.
A mere 50 years later, we not only have the ability to control materials at the...
