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The Current State of Bionanotechnology

The Current State of Bionanotechnology

Shivani Choudhary, Eliezer Geisler, Nilmini Wickramasinghe
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 7
ISBN13: 9781599048895|ISBN10: 1599048892|EISBN13: 9781599048901
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-889-5.ch048
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Choudhary, Shivani, et al. "The Current State of Bionanotechnology." Encyclopedia of Healthcare Information Systems, edited by Nilmini Wickramasinghe and Eliezer Geisler, IGI Global, 2008, pp. 368-374. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-889-5.ch048

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Choudhary, S., Geisler, E., & Wickramasinghe, N. (2008). The Current State of Bionanotechnology. In N. Wickramasinghe & E. Geisler (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Healthcare Information Systems (pp. 368-374). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-889-5.ch048

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Choudhary, Shivani, Eliezer Geisler, and Nilmini Wickramasinghe. "The Current State of Bionanotechnology." In Encyclopedia of Healthcare Information Systems, edited by Nilmini Wickramasinghe and Eliezer Geisler, 368-374. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2008. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-889-5.ch048

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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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