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Topic: The Significance of Nanotechnology In Medicine/ Healthcare Delivery Keywords: Significance, Nanotechnology, Healthcare Introduction: The Significance of Nanotechnology In Medical Sciences/ Healthcare Delivery: Nanotechnology has been noted as a broad new field of applied science and technology with the ability to have control over matter on the molecular level in scales smaller than 1 µm, normally 1-100 nm, and the fabrication of devices within similar size range. Research has indicated that nanotechnology is a highly multidisciplinary field drawn from many fields. It has the potential of being much more than expected to revolutionize medicine and healthcare delivery by taking it to a whole new level. It has now been determined that nanotechnology can be applied to diverse medical fields such as oncology, cardiovascular medicine, etc (dx.doi.org). Just as it is showing a great deal of prospect in medicine, researcher are also exploring nanotechnology to see whether there are any potentials of safety concern as well as ethical and social ramifications (search-proquest-com.mutex.gmu.edu ). Current Use of Nanotechnology: The significance of nanotechnology has been exhibited in many fields of medical sciences. It is believed that some of the innovations pertaining to nanotechnology has a lot of prospects in medical advancement. In collaboration with different types of natural sciences and engineering, nanotechnology has the potential of transforming the nature of many treatment procedures in delivering quality and innovative medical service. It has drawn on a variety of disciplines such as biochemistry, molecular biology, information technology, bioengineering, cognitive sciences, pharmaceutical sciences, surgery, prosthodontics, as well as many other kinds of treatments to be incorporated into medicine. For instance, in Prosthodontics; which is a field in dentistry, concerned with designing and manufacturing of new materials, fitting of artificial replacements for teeth and other parts of the mouth. This has emphasized that innovation in nanodentistry will allow nearly perfect dentistry by use of nanomaterials and biotechnologies, for which the use of tissue engineering is incorporated as well as the use of nanorobots in the field of dentistry (search-proquest-com.mutex.gmu.edu). Security Aspects of Nanotechnology: Nanoparticles: Health Effects-Pros and Cons: The potential toxic effect of nanotechnology of industrial applications, medical imaging, disease diagnosis, drug delivery, cancer treatment, gene therapy, and other areas are also under massive consideration. It emphasized that there has been such a rapid progress in in the field, but the potential for nanoparticles (NPs) in many areas is infinite, which opens a new health concerns, since this applications is constantly being explored. Sources have indicated that the possible toxic health effects of these nanoparticles associated with human exposure are still unknown; as it is considered "nuisance dusts" and is likely to acquire unique surface properties when engineered to nanosize and may exhibit toxic biological effects. A massive amount of inquiries needs to be conducted to highlight the possible toxic human health risks that can result from exposure of some of the nanomaterials (search.proquest.com). Ethical and Social Implications Related to Nanotechnology: As sources have indicated, nanoscience has so far proven to be an area of intense research that promises great innovations, but also raises ethical, societal, as well as policy concerns. Emphatically, many ethical issues have now been raised by nanotechnology in the field of medicine. It has been found that on one hand, the cost of nanodevices and nano surgery tools, and on the other hand the unknown technical capacity of these devices and tools as well as the knowledge in which some medical personnel would have to aquire makes the issue ethically challenging. Also, the effects of the need for nanotechnology and its impact on society is enormous. Therefor, sources have lamented that some of the social issues regarding the nanotechnology could affect developing countries. It can result in the sense that there would be a change in the need for new raw materials to manufacture for instance, surgery equipment, just as it happened in the quest for building apple devices, which has caused a significant catastrophic outcome in The Democratic Republic of Congo, in Africa (search.proquest.com). Conclusion: The advancement in nanotechnology has come a long way in determining the future of healthcare delivery. Even though it is for a good course, It does have some down side that needs to be worked on in figuring out some of the social, ethical, and security ramifications that comes with it.

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