Rise of the nanomachine: The evolution of a revolution in medicine

Nanomedicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 425-439

  Park, Hye Hun ^a   Jamison, Andrew C ^a   Lee, T Randall ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocompatibility; Biological motor; Biosensor; Carbon nanotube; Drug delivery; Molecular beacon; Nanodevice; Nanomachine; Nanoparticle; Nanorobot

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; APTAMER; BINDING PROTEIN; CARBON NANOTUBE; CATENANE; DENDRIMER; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GOLD; KINESIN; LIPOSOME; MACROGOL; MOLECULAR MOTOR; NANOPARTICLE; NUCLEIC ACID; OLIGOMER; PEPTIDE; POLY(N ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE); POLYMER; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; ROTAXANE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOSENSOR; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYTOLYSIS; DEVICE; DNA STRUCTURE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; HYDROGEN BOND; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NANOMEDICINE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORECASTING; NANOMEDICINE; NANOSTRUCTURES; ROBOTICS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TRANSDUCERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548508202     PISSN: 17435889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/17435889.2.4.425     Document Type: Review

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