Nanotechnology in cancer therapy Dr. Nagaraj Tejavathi*†, Professor & Head, Dr. Okade Durga**, Senior Lecturer, Dr. Samuel Denny Johnson**, Intern * Dept. of Oral medicine and Radiology, Sri Rajiv Gandhi Dental College Hospital, Bangalore ** Sri Rajiv Gandhi Dental College Hospital, Bangalore †Corresponding Address: Dr. Tejavathi Nagaraj, Dept. of oral medicine and radiology, Sri Rajiv Gandhi dental college and hospital, Bengaluru
Online published on 8 December, 2011. Abstract In ancient Greek Nano means dwarf. Nano technology is the creation of useful material, devices and systems through the manipulation of minuscule matter (including anything with at least one dimension less than 100 nanometers). The emerging field of nano technology involves scientists from many different disciplines, including physicists, chemists, engineers and biologists. On December 29, 1959” the influential American physicist Richard P. Feynman presented a talk to the American Physical Society entitled “There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom: An Invitation to Enter a New Field of Physics. “Among physicists, this is respectfully called “The classic talk” Nanotechnology is the creation of useful materials, devices, and synthesis used to manipulate matter at an incredibly small scale between 1 and 100 nm. Nanotechnology is a broad term covering the building of structures and “machines” on an atomic or molecular scale-in the range from 1 to 100 nanometres. A nanometre is one billionth of a metre or about the size of 10 hydrogen atoms. The techniques range from various chemical and biological processes used to “construct” structures in some cases atom by atom-to the etching methods used to produce computer chips. Top Keywords Nanotechnology, Cancer Therapy, Nano Medicine. Top |