Elias Eldho, Thomas Sabu, George Anne, Sebastian Mathew
Centre for Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
Ther Deliv. 2010 Aug;1(2):225-30. doi: 10.4155/tde.10.32.
The Institute of Holistic Medical Sciences (IHMS), Kottayam, Kerala, India, the Institute of Macromolecular Science and Engineering (IMSE), Kottayam, Kerala, India and Mathew Ayurveda und Venen Klinik (MUVK), Klagenfurt, Austria, have jointly conducted a 3-day world conference on nanomedicine and drug delivery (WCN 2010) in Kottayam, Kerala, India from 16-18 April 2010. Nanomedicine is defined as the application of nanotechnology to achieve breakthroughs in healthcare. It exploits the improved and often novel physical, chemical and biological properties of materials at the nanometer scale. It has the potential to enable early detection and prevention and to improve diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of diseases. Nanomedicine is a very special area of nanotechnology because it is an extremely large field ranging from in vivo and in vitro diagnostics to therapy including targeted delivery and regenerative medicine; it interfaces nanomaterials (e.g., surfaces and particles) or analytical instruments with 'living' human material (cells, tissue and body fluids) and it creates new tools and methods that impact significantly on existing practices.
印度喀拉拉邦科塔亚姆市的整体医学科学研究所（IHMS）、印度喀拉拉邦科塔亚姆市的高分子科学与工程研究所（IMSE）以及奥地利克拉根福市的马修阿育吠陀与毒液诊所（MUVK）于2010年4月16日至18日在印度喀拉拉邦科塔亚姆市联合举办了一场为期三天的纳米医学与药物递送世界会议（WCN 2010）。纳米医学被定义为应用纳米技术在医疗保健领域取得突破。它利用了纳米尺度材料改进的且通常是新颖的物理、化学和生物学特性。它有潜力实现疾病的早期检测和预防，并改善疾病的诊断、治疗及后续跟踪。纳米医学是纳米技术中一个非常特殊的领域，因为它是一个极其广阔的领域，涵盖从体内和体外诊断到治疗，包括靶向递送和再生医学；它将纳米材料（如表面和颗粒）或分析仪器与“活体”人体物质（细胞、组织和体液）相连接，并且创造出对现有医疗实践有重大影响的新工具和方法。
