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Nano-Scale Medical Devices With advances in nano-scale engineering, medicine is about to redefine "minimally invasive," says Francis Collins, former leader of the Human Genome Project and current director of the National Institutes of Health.
And Tomorrow's Winners Will Be... Chris Gay 2010
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Scientists have created microscopic robots out of DNA molecules that can walk, turn and even create tiny products of their own on a nano-scale assembly line.
Nano-Spiders: DNA Robots that Could One Day Be Walking Through Your Body | Impact Lab 2010
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Zinc oxide nanogenerators would be an ideal power source for nano-scale sensors that monitor blood pressure or glucose levels and detect cancer biomarkers.
Medical Devices Powered by the Patient’s Own Heart | Impact Lab 2010
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Dr. Collins notes that Johns Hopkins University researcher David Gracias and his colleagues are developing a new class of nano-scale tools for surgery and drug delivery.
And Tomorrow's Winners Will Be... Chris Gay 2010
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We are able to move from micro-scale to nano-scale or down to the molecular level.
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Robots of the future could operate at the nano-scale level, cleaning arteries or building computer components.
Nano-Spiders: DNA Robots that Could One Day Be Walking Through Your Body | Impact Lab 2010
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A large European chemical firm produces a nano-scale version of carotenoids, a class of food additives, which it sells to major food and beverage companies worldwide for use in lemonades, fruit juices and margarines.
Nanofood, Nanotech and Nanites: Quantum Effects and Fundamental Choices? 2010
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The handful of cosmetics that contain them, such as clear sunscreens that use nano-scale titanium dioxide particles to shield the skin from ultra-violet sunlight, do not claim to be organic.
No Nanoparticles Were Killed Making This Post - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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The two groups of materials most often spotlighted in this strategy are nano-scale pigments, which are used in sunscreens and cosmetics, and nano-silver particles.
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Some metals kill bacteria at nano-scale -- hence the interest in using them in food packaging -- but what happens if they get off the packaging and into us?
Nanofood, Nanotech and Nanites: Quantum Effects and Fundamental Choices? 2010
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