Application of nanomedicine in emergency medicine; Point-of-care testing and drug delivery in twenty - first century

Daru. 2012 Sep 10;20(1):26. doi: 10.1186/2008-2231-20-26.

Abstract

The application of emerging nanotechnology to the practice of medicine represents a frontier of nanomedicine. Nanomedicine has been defined as a science which emphasizes the use of nanoscale tools in conjunction with background knowledge of the human body for medical diagnosis and treatment. Application of nanomedicine in EM may give EM providers the opportunity to diagnose and treat life-threatening diseases in a shorter period of time. These applications include diagnostic utilities, preventive medicine, targeted pharmacotherapy, and tissue regeneration.