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What is Bionanotechnology

Encyclopedia of Healthcare Information Systems
Area of study where nanotechnology has applications in the field of biology and medical sciences.
Published in Chapter:
The Current State of Bionanotechnology
Shivani Choudhary (Illinois Institute of technology, USA), Eliezer Geisler (Illinois Institute of technology, USA), and Nilmini Wickramasinghe (Illinois Institute of technology, USA)
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 7
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-889-5.ch048
Abstract
Bionanotechnology is a combination of three terms: “bios” meaning “life,” “nano” (origin in Greek) meaning “dwarf,” and “technologia” (origin in Greek—comprised of “techne” meaning “craft,” and “logia” meaning “saying”), which is a broad term dealing with the use and knowledge of humanity’s tools and crafts. Biomolecular Nanotechnology—or Bionanotechnology— is a term coined for the area of study where nanotechnology has applications in the field of biology and medical sciences. One can also say that “Bionanotechnology” is derived by the combination of two terms: “nanotechnology,” and “biotechnology.”
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The Human Centred Approach to Bionanotechnology in Telemedicine: Ethical Considerations
Multidisciplinary research field that represents a convergence between engineering, biological sciences, physical sciences and ICT.
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