Editorial: IJN’s second year is now a part of nanomedicine history! ||FREE PAPER||

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Author: Thomas J Webster

Published Date May 2007 Volume 2007:2(1) Pages 1 - 2

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJN.S

Thomas J Webster

Division of Engineering, Brown University; Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI, USA

Abstract: Welcome to the second year of the International Journal of Nanomedicine! As our readers know, nanomedicine research worldwide is going strong. As an example, the US National Science Foundation forecasts that the global market for nanotechnology-related products and services will reach US$1 trillion by 2015 (NSF 2007). Nanomedicine may be defined as the monitoring, repair, construction, and control of human biological systems using engineered nanodevices and nanostructures at the molecular level. Although this definition still seems quite broad and all-encompassing, it is clear that this definition is founded on the design, synthesis, and evaluation of nanomaterials in medicine. Basic nanostructured materials, engineered enzymes, and the many products of biotechnology will be enormously useful in near-term medical applications (Foresight 2007b).