Catch the Wave-Nanotechnology, the Future is now [In the News].

Nanoscience and nanotechnology are shaping biomedical research worldwide. The initiative began with a symposium that took place at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2000 and continued with the formation of the Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) in 2001. Since then, nanotechnology has impactedmany disciplines including materials science, electrical and computer engineering, medicine, and environmental science. Technological advancements fostered by this research are the development of advanced mass-storage devices, novel materials, efficient miniscule transistors and memory chips, gene and drug delivery nanoscale measurement apparatuses, energy-efficient solar cells, and air- and water-treatment systems. In April 2009, the IEEE Life Science Systems and Applications (LiSSA) Technical Committee in cooperation with NIH sponsored a workshop on nanomedicine to provide a forum where engineers and scientists can apply sophisticated nanotechnology to critical issues in health and medicine. Following is a synopsis of some of the state-of-the-art IEEE research in nanotechnology that will significantly impact the future of medicine and health care.

[1]  Stephen T. C. Wong,et al.  Analyzing the diffusion patterns for follow-up study of Glioblastoma multiforme using Diffusion Tensor Imaging , 2009, 2009 IEEE/NIH Life Science Systems and Applications Workshop.

[2]  Samir M. Iqbal,et al.  Electronic detection of selective proteins using non antibody-based CMOS chip , 2009 .

[3]  Fei Zhang,et al.  In vitro and in vivo studies on wireless powering of medical sensors and implantable devices , 2009, 2009 IEEE/NIH Life Science Systems and Applications Workshop.

[4]  Jiang Li,et al.  Prostate cancer biomarker identification using MALDI-MS DATA: Initial results , 2009, 2009 IEEE/NIH Life Science Systems and Applications Workshop.

[5]  T. Ichiki,et al.  Large-scale high-performance cell membrane perforation, with nanoimprinted mass producible perforator , 2009, 2009 IEEE/NIH Life Science Systems and Applications Workshop.

[6]  Jie Chen,et al.  Systematic study of enhanced cytotoxicity effects of gold-based nanoparticles in targeted cancer radiotherapy , 2009, 2009 IEEE/NIH Life Science Systems and Applications Workshop.

[7]  Alex Cable,et al.  Quantitative assessment of macroporous cell scaffold structures using optical coherence tomography (OCT) , 2009, 2009 IEEE/NIH Life Science Systems and Applications Workshop.

[8]  Ji-Xin Cheng,et al.  Ligand-functionalized gold nanorods as theragnostic agents , 2009, 2009 IEEE/NIH Life Science Systems and Applications Workshop.

[9]  Peixuan Guo,et al.  Fabrication of polyvalent therapeutic RNA nanoparticles for specific delivery of siRNA, ribozyme and drugs to targeted cells for cancer therapy , 2009, 2009 IEEE/NIH Life Science Systems and Applications Workshop.

[10]  Zhanpeng Jin,et al.  HeartToGo: A Personalized medicine technology for cardiovascular disease prevention and detection , 2009, 2009 IEEE/NIH Life Science Systems and Applications Workshop.