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Nanotechnology – Revolution in the Field of Medicine

Written by admin on Sep 7th, 2009 | Filed under: Cooking Tips
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In the recent years, there has been a tremendous development in the field of nanotechnology. Nanotechnology is a field of applied science, which deals in building machines and bots at microscopic levels. Due to development in nanotechnology, there have been many developments in various fields of science, especially in the field of medicine.

 

With the help of nanotechnology, carrying out a complex heart surgery is very much possible. Doctors have started making use of nanobots to cure certain diseases. These nanobots also help in rectifying certain disorders in the human body.

 

Nanotechnology in Drug Development:

 

Recently, scientists are developing effective and better drug delivery systems using nanotechnology. Scientists are using nanoparticles to design a drug delivery system that may improve the pharmaceutical and therapeutic properties of a drug and help better processes such as Drug screening. Nanaoparticles have remarkable properties that drastically enhance the drug delivery. Due to their microscopic sizes, nanoparticles get an easy access in the cells.

 

There are numerous developments in the drug delivery owing to nanotechnology. One such development using nanotechnology is the transfer of drugs into the cytoplasm of cells through the cell membrane. This is an important development, because to hinder certain diseases from the body, the drug needs to enter the cell membrane.

 

 To make a drug molecule effective in the body, it needs a triggered response. To do so, scientists are using nanotechnology. Scientists are developing drugs using nanotechnology that automatically activate, once they enter the human body.

 

Many researchers believe that it is possible to develop a drug delivery system that may prove beneficial in treating cancer and infectious diseases using nanotechnology. By far, they have identified six types of nano-enabled delivery systems that have considerable potential in treating cancer and other infectious diseases.

 

With the help of nanotechnology, scientists have developed injectable drugs, which are more pleasing for the patients, who receive them and at the same time are easy to administer. Better opportunities are coming up in the development of implantable delivery systems, due to the use of nanotechnology, especially in terms of injectable drugs. 

 

With so much of development taking place in the field of drug delivery systems, researchers believe that in the near future nano-enabled medicines will have a tremendous evolution and will produce true nanomedicines.




Nanotechnology – Development in Water-based Technology

Written by admin on Aug 15th, 2009 | Filed under: Cooking Tips
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Nanotechnology is an applied science, which deals in microscopic engineering of machines, bots and drugs. Nanotechnology mainly deals with structures that have measurements in nanometers. With the help of nanotechnology, it has become possible to control and make changes at the molecular levels of any compound.

 

Due to evolution in nanotechnology, it has become possible to develop various techniques that may help people in the future. There are several developments taking place in the field of medicines, physics, chemistry and other such fundamental sciences due to nanotechnology.

 

Nanotechnology and Solubilization:

 

Various biotech companies are now developing and commercializing unique water-based resources. These companies are trying to develop such unique water-based resources for various industries related to biotechnology, chemicals and pharmaceuticals. They are trying to patent this technology. This water-based resource has the ability to alter the properties of water. The ability to alter the properties of water is due to the presence of nanoparticles. Thus, this technology will help in creating unique water-based biomaterials. 

 

These companies have started commercializing such water-based products and solubilization services. These companies are trying to target the research and molecular diagnostic markets of the life science industry and are offering various solubilization services too. The new water-based material is soluble in water and other fluids.

 

The companies with the technology of water-based material also offer various solubilization services to the pharmacy and biotechnology companies. These services help the biotech and pharmacy related companies to improve the solubility and bioavailability of new and existing drugs.  

 

These solubilization services are nothing, but water-based nanotechnology, which are very much beneficial in drug delivery applications. They also increase the stability of a drug. One of the best advantages of this technology is that, it has the ability to change the physical properties of water and the nanoparticles in the technology have the capability of organizing the water molecules in its surroundings.

 

With the help of such a technology, it is now possible for many fields of science to develop bio-friendly technologies in the future. In the near future, scientists may help in preventing water crisis too. In short, this is the technology of future.