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Nanomedicine and Society
Author(s) -
Ferrari M,
Philibert MA,
Sanhai WR
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.941
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1532-6535
pISSN - 0009-9236
DOI - 10.1038/clpt.2008.276
Subject(s) - nanomedicine , scrutiny , clinical pharmacology , engineering ethics , medicine , transformational leadership , pharmacology , political science , nanotechnology , engineering , public relations , nanoparticle , law , materials science
Nanomedicine is a reality of medical research and clinical practice, and it offers new and promising approaches to fundamental problems in medicine. Most prominent are the early detection of neoplastic disease and the individualized treatment of metastases. These potentially transformational developments require careful scrutiny of the potential impact of nanomedicine on society, so that the community can guide its deployment in keeping with the fundamental tenets of medical ethics. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics (2009); 85 , 5, 466–467 doi: 10.1038/clpt.2008.276