• Question: Do you think Nano-therapy will become a core part of medicine one day|?

    Asked by Nathaniel=Chemistry to Megan, Mzamo, Ola, Olivia, Weiyi on 4 Nov 2016.
    • Photo: Ola Michalec

      Ola Michalec answered on 4 Nov 2016:

      Hello, thanks for the question! It looks like today I will be learning from you. My field is Geography so the only things that it has in common with Nanotheraphy is “raphy”, which doesn’t really mean much…

      However, some of my family members are sadly going through cancer theraphy so this topic is close to me. I think lots of predictions are saying that as our global population is in general healthier and lives longer, developing a cancer will become more and more common part of life, so it’s great to talk about it!

      I had a quick look at the database of the newest research and your area looks promising! We also need to think about the importance of early screening and funding the therapy – there are many countries with no public healthcare (NHS), where patients have to pay for their medicines and treatments….

    • Photo: Megan Seymour

      Megan Seymour answered on 5 Nov 2016:

      Wow, what a great question!
      Yesterday I was at a talk by a scientist who is working towards designing tiny implants that could be injected into cancer tumours and use specially designed protein strands to send information about the conditions inside the tumour to doctors so that they could know exactly how to treat it. Her results looked very impressive so I’m sure in the future we will see plenty more technology like this becoming an important part of medicine.

    • Photo: Mzamo Shozi

      Mzamo Shozi answered on 7 Nov 2016:

      Yes I think so. At my university, there are people who do research on Pharmaceutical chemistry and are currently trying to make advances in nanotechnology in the medical field.

    • Photo: Olivia Ashton

      Olivia Ashton answered on 8 Nov 2016:

      I would hope so! The work done in this area is really exciting, and has the potential to lead to some simpler solutions to selective drug delivery. From a nerdy point of view I really like the science behind it so would like to see it in routine use!

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