nanotechnology in biology and medicine
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NANOTECHNOLOGY IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
PRESENTED BY
RAVIRAJ S KUBER
NANOMEDICINE•IT IS THE MEDICAL APPLICATION OF NANOTECHNOLOGY.
•IT`S DEFINED AS THE REPAIR, CONSTRUCTION AND CONTROL OF HUMAN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS USING DEVICES BUILT UPON NANOTECHNOLOGY STANDARDS.
NANOMEDICINE• NANOSTRUCTURED
MATERIALS, ENGINEERED ENZYMES AND MANY OTHER PRODUCTS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY WILL BE VERY USEFUL IN THE FUTURE.
•HIGH-SOPHISTICATED, MEDICALLY PROGRAMMABLE NANOMACHINES AND NANOROBOTS ARE DEVELOPED.
NANOMEDICINE
• NANOTECHNOLOGY CAN BE USED IN MANY FIELDS OF MEDICINE
•PHARMACY
•VISUALIZATION
•CANCER
•DIAGNOSES
•SURGERY
NANOPHARMACY• IT CAN HELP IN INCREASING THE BIOAVAILABILITY OF THE
DRUG AND BIODISTRIBUTIONS .
• SO IT WILL REDUCE SIDE EFFECTS .
• IT CAN ICREASE THE SOLUBILITY OF THE DRUG.
APPLICATIONS
• COMBINES GEARS, LEVERS, PLATES, SENSORS, POWER + COMMUNICATION CABLES WITH POWERFUL MICROSCOPIC COMPS
‘SMART MATERIALS’.
Fig.2 Nanomachine to repair brain cells
SMART BIONANOTUBES FOR DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS
• SMART =>
ENCAPSULATE, OPEN UP
=> DELIVER
DRUG/GENE TO
PARTICULAR LOCATION
IN BODY.
Fig.6 Smart bionanotubes
APPLICATIONS AND PERSPECTIVES OF NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT OF TOOLS AND METHODS
- MORE SENSITIVE
- MORE SPECIFIC
- MORE EFFICIENT AND ECONOMIC
IMPLEMENTATION
DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DISEASES
DRUG DEVELOPMENT
- UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE SCIENCE
Nanodevices Are Small Enough to Enter Cells
Cell
White blood cell
Water molecule
Nanodevices
Nanodevices
Nanopores
ASingle-strandedDNA molecule
Single-strandedDNA molecule
Whiteblood cell
Watermolecule
NanodevicesNanopores
Single-strandedDNA molecule
ATCGNanopore Nanopore
Nanopore
T
Nanodevices as a Link BetweenDetection, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Nanodevice
Reporting
TargetingDetection
Imaging
NanoBiotechnologyCancer Treatment
Cancer cell
TraditionalCancer Treatment
Cancer cell
Drug