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Welcome to the future of medicine.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19745486     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
This chapter describes the negative consequences of medical technology development and commercialization that is too slow, and makes the case for an immediate large scale investment in medical nanorobots to save 52 million lives a year. It also explains the essence of nanotechnology, its life-saving applications, the engineering challenges, and the possibility of 1000-fold improvement over our current human biological abilities. Every decade that we delay development and commercialization of medical nanorobotics, half a billion people perish who could have been saved.
Authors:
Robert A Freitas
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Studies in health technology and informatics     Volume:  149     ISSN:  0926-9630     ISO Abbreviation:  Stud Health Technol Inform     Publication Date:  2009  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-09-11     Completed Date:  2010-01-21     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9214582     Medline TA:  Stud Health Technol Inform     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  251-6     Citation Subset:  T    
Affiliation:
Institute for Molecular Manufacturing, Palo Alto, California, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Diffusion of Innovation*
Humans
Nanomedicine*
Primary Health Care / trends*

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