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Understanding Nanodevices

by

National Cancer Institute

Title Page

1. What Is Nanotechnology?

2. Nanotechnology Plays by Different Rules

3. Designing Nanodevices for Use in the Body

4. Manufacturing Nanodevices

5. Nanodevices Are Small Enough to Enter Cells

6. Nanodevices Can Improve Cancer Detection and Diagnosis

7. Nanodevices Can Improve Sensitivity

8. Nanodevices Can Preserve Patients' Samples

9. Nanodevices Can Make Cancer Tests Faster and More Efficient

10. Cantilevers Can Make Cancer Tests Faster and More Efficient

11. Nanopores

12. Nanotubes - Marking Mutations

13. Nanotubes - Mapping Mutations

14. Quantum Dots

15. Quantum Dots Can Find Cancer Signatures

16. Improving Cancer Treatment

17. Nanoshells

18. Nanoshells as Cancer Therapy

19. Nanodevices as a Link Between Detection, Diagnosis, and Treatment

20. Dendrimers

21. Dendrimers as Cancer Therapy

22. Nanotechnologies in Patient Care