Bawa Raj, Johnson Summer
Bawa Biotechnology Consulting, LLC, 21005 Starflower Way, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA.
Med Clin North Am. 2007 Sep;91(5):881-7. doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2007.05.007.
Medical practice is about to enter a new era focused on the nanoscale and the practice of nanomedicine, defined as the monitoring, control, construction, repair, defense, and improvement of human biologic systems via engineered nanodevices and nanomaterials. The potential impact of nanomedicine on society is expected to be huge as the nanopharma market grows significantly in the coming years. Given this backdrop, nanomedicine is poised to add a profound and complex set of ethical and societal questions. Some of these are recurring themes in bioethics while others will be discussed in slightly new ways due to nanomedicine's interdisciplinary nature: privacy, confidentiality, risks and benefits, defining disease, and enhancement.
医学实践即将进入一个聚焦于纳米尺度和纳米医学实践的新时代。纳米医学被定义为通过工程纳米器件和纳米材料对人类生物系统进行监测、控制、构建、修复、防御和改善。随着未来几年纳米制药市场显著增长，纳米医学对社会的潜在影响预计将是巨大的。在这一背景下，纳米医学势必会带来一系列深刻而复杂的伦理和社会问题。其中一些是生物伦理学中的反复出现的主题，而另一些则将由于纳米医学的跨学科性质而以略有不同的方式进行讨论：隐私、保密、风险与收益、疾病的定义以及增强。
