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Nanomedicine
The uses of nanomedicine we are likely to see in
the near future would have once read like a science-
fiction story. For example, nanorobots placed in the
bloodstream could warn of worsening illnesses or
repair damaged cells. Machines planted in the body’s
nervous system could monitor a person’s brain waves.
Today’s researchers believe that nanotechnology
can be applied to many different areas of medicine.
Among them is the transport of needed drugs to
Richard Feynman was one of the most famous
physicists of the 20th century.
