Coming down the pike: Nano-based antiradiation drug

I swear I'm not trying to turn this blog into a Nanotech blog. There certainly are plenty of those! But in reality Nanotech will come to dominate the medical field as we forge our way into this fabulous future to come and unfolding as we watch innovation after innovation occurring between eye blinks. It is only natural that it do so because working at the smallest scale possible, so to speak, from the bottom up -- brick by brick (in this case molecule by molecule and atom by atom), is the best possible method of fine tuning the processes of life. For the human body his will have enormous impact! Hehe, tiny things having "enormous" impact, truly ironic , is it not?

I have more nano based articles yet to post. Before that I beleieve I will in my next post, in order to better initiate my readership, cover the concept of Nanomedicine by introducing the size of the nano world and the interesting possibilities because of it via a neat little (no pun intended) demonstration recently achieved. Stay tuned!

Nano World: Nano-based antiradiation drug

By Charles Q. Choi

Nov 29, 2005, 23:46 GMT

NEW YORK, NY, United States (UPI) -- Balls of carbon atoms called buckyballs only a nanometer or billionth of a meter in diameter could serve as future antiradiation drugs to help protect against the side effects of cancer therapies or against dirty bombs, experts told UPI`s Nano World.

Radiation therapy and chemotherapy are the standard treatments for cancer, but they each take a toll on the body. Radiation damages skin, mouth, throat and bowel cells and can lead to fatigue, nausea, diarrhea and permanent hair loss, while chemotherapy can produce hearing loss and damage a number of organs, including the heart and kidneys.

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