Resnik David B, Tinkle Sally S
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Box 12233, Mail Drop NH06, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, United States.
Contemp Clin Trials. 2007 Jul;28(4):433-41. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2006.11.001. Epub 2006 Nov 17.
Nanomedicine shows tremendous promise for improving medical diagnosis, treatment, and prevention, but it also raises a variety of ethical concerns. Because of the paucity of data on the physicochemical properties of nanoscale materials in biological systems, clinical trials of nanomedicine products present some unique challenges related to risk minimization, management and communication involving human subjects. Although these clinical trials do not raise any truly novel ethical issues, the rapid development of nanotechnology and its potentially profound social and environmental impacts, add a sense of urgency to the problems that arise.
纳米医学在改善医学诊断、治疗和预防方面显示出巨大的前景,但也引发了各种伦理问题。由于生物系统中纳米级材料的物理化学性质的数据匮乏,纳米医学产品的临床试验在涉及人类受试者的风险最小化、管理和沟通方面存在一些独特的挑战。尽管这些临床试验没有引发任何真正新颖的伦理问题,但纳米技术的快速发展及其潜在的深远社会和环境影响,给所出现的问题增添了紧迫感。