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Review
. 2005 Mar;1(1):2-9.
doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2004.11.003.

What is nanomedicine?

Robert A Freitas Jr  1
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Review

What is nanomedicine?

Robert A Freitas Jr. Nanomedicine. 2005 Mar.

Abstract

The early genesis of the concept of nanomedicine sprang from the visionary idea that tiny nanorobots and related machines could be designed, manufactured, and introduced into the human body to perform cellular repairs at the molecular level. Nanomedicine today has branched out in hundreds of different directions, each of them embodying the key insight that the ability to structure materials and devices at the molecular scale can bring enormous immediate benefits in the research and practice of medicine.

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