Nanotechnology and MedicineActively seeking knowledge in the field of nanotechnology could revolutionize the treatment and detection of various diseases in the future. Nanotechnology is the branch of science that focuses on the development of technology at the molecular scale, including the development of tools that have been applied in many fields, such as the automotive, cosmetics, and textile industries. In medicine, nanotechnology has already been applied to treating diabetes, producing prosthetic limbs, and improving the lives of the paralyzed, and many believe it also holds the key to curing cancer and even immortality. , disease and illness are caused by damage at the molecular and cellular levels. Modern treatments for such diseases promulgate the use of large and rather crude (relative to the cellular level) surgical instruments that, at the molecular level, wound and tear rather than heal. Therefore, modern surgery is only effective because of the human ability to recover from injuries, not necessarily because the techniques used are advanced. With the application of nanotechnology, surgeries performed with crude instruments will no longer be the best viable option. Nanotechnology will allow scientists to cost-effectively build complex molecular machines – smaller than a human cell – and pioneer controlled interference at the molecular level, clearing arteries, killing cancer cells and providing artificial mitochondria. Nanotechnology could produce new tools that allow scientists to examine the human body and its functions in unprecedented detail, where microscopic machines could provide views of ongoing bodily functions or views of human structures. Therefore, I believe that nan...... middle of paper ......tureMedica, January 19, 2010. Web. November 20, 2011. .Eureka. “Nanotechnological medicine to reconstruct damaged parts of the human body”. Science Daily, January 18, 2011. Web. November 20, 2011. Merkle, Ralph C. “Nanotechnology and Medicine.” Advances in anti-aging medicine. Ed. Ronald M. Klatz. vol. I. Las Vegas Nevada: Liebert, 1996. 277-86. Nanotechnology. Zyvex. Network. 20 November 2011. "Nanotechnology and medicine". Nanotechnologies - Project on emerging nanotechnologies. Project on emerging nanotechnologies. Network. 20 November 2011. "Nanotechnology in medicine". Nanotechnology made clear. The technical writing of Hawk's Perch is present. Network. November 20. 2011. .