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NANOTECHNOLOGY
Nanomedicine is a branch of nanotechnology which includes the construction, repair, monitoring and control of the
human body at the molecular level, using the various implements of nanotechnology.
Basically this technology will be comprised of tiny nanomachines and programmable nanorobots meticulously engineered to
the
nanometer
which will be able to operate on the human body with greater precision than ever
before imagined. Once these machines are available doctors will have a way to conduct curative and reconstructive
procedures at the cellular or even molecular level. Having the ability to control machines at this scale will also
diminish problems associated with deeply invasive surgery because, after all, having tiny robots working to cure oneself
at the sub-cellular level is just as invasive as taking a medication or allowing the body's natural healing mechanisms
to go to work.
Nanotechnology is still in its beginning stages but its possibilities are well within view. At the moment tiny nanotubes
have been developed, some with diameters of only a few nanometers or 50 000 times less than that of a human hair, which
conduct electricity. These have the possibility of being used for microscopic circuitry, nanorobots and tiny
supercomputers. Other possibilities of nanotechnology include molecular analysers that identify diseased genes and
super thin synthetic materials with steel-like strength.
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