1. Nanotechnology and nanomedicine
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Mohammad Reza Sepand, Marjan Rafat, Najmeh Javdani, Malini Basu, Steven Zanganeh, Jim Q. Ho, Morteza Aieneravaie, Doina Ghegeliu, Yassira Gonzalez, Petrina Georgala, Leila Arabi, and Farjana Khaled
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Engineering ,business.industry ,Multitude ,Nanomedicine ,Timeline ,Nanotechnology ,business ,Scientific disciplines - Abstract
Nanotechnology has garnered tremendous interest from the scientific community and captured the vivid imagination of the general public for many years. It is a broad field of study that spans various scientific disciplines with myriad useful applications. In medicine, nanotechnology is being developed for a multitude of purposes to improve the diagnosis, management, and treatment of diseases. This chapter provides a brief historical timeline of nanotechnology and nanomedicine, describes the current state of nanomedicine, and lays the basic groundwork for further discussions about nanotechnology in cardiology.
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- 2020
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