Nanomedicine: Developing nanotechnology for applications in medicine

Abstract

In this presentation I will discuss the recent development of nanomedicine as an emerging field in the United States. In particular, I will give a brief summary of the US National Institute of Health (NIH) nanotechnology / nanomedicine centers established over the last few years, and present the bionanotechnologies being developed at the NIH nanomedicine centers at Georgia Tech and Emory University. The opportunities and challenges in developing nanomedince will be discussed.