Unbounding the Future: The Nanotechnology RevolutionA comprehensive, easy-to-understand handbook that explains what nanotechnology is and how it will revolutionize life in the future. The world's leading expert in the field, Drexler also examines the spectacular accomplishments that might result from a breakthrough: elimination of disease and pollution. 20 illustrations. |
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Page 199
... human body can be seen as a workyard , construction site , and battleground for molecular machines . It works remarkably well , using systems so com- plex that medical science still doesn't understand many of them 199 Nanomedicine.
... human body can be seen as a workyard , construction site , and battleground for molecular machines . It works remarkably well , using systems so com- plex that medical science still doesn't understand many of them 199 Nanomedicine.
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... Nanomedicine will be able to regulate these signals in the blood- stream , and to adjust how individual cells respond to them in the body . The latter would even make possible the elusive " spot reduc- tion program " to reshape the ...
... Nanomedicine will be able to regulate these signals in the blood- stream , and to adjust how individual cells respond to them in the body . The latter would even make possible the elusive " spot reduc- tion program " to reshape the ...
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... nanomedicine , 223-224 for assemblers , 130 , 133 for computer - aided design , 107 , 124 cost of development , 236 DNA as genetic , 225 limitations on , 152 molecular modeling , 91 , 108 for nanomedicine , 211 speed of development ...
... nanomedicine , 223-224 for assemblers , 130 , 133 for computer - aided design , 107 , 124 cost of development , 236 DNA as genetic , 225 limitations on , 152 molecular modeling , 91 , 108 for nanomedicine , 211 speed of development ...
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The Molecular World | 44 |
BottomUp Technology | 57 |
Paths Pioneers and Progress | 84 |
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