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Descriptor English: Nanomedicine
Descriptor Spanish: Nanomedicina
Descriptor nanomedicina
Scope note: Rama de la medicina relacionada con la aplicación de la NANOTECNOLOGÍA a la prevención y el tratamiento de enfermedades. Abarca la monitorización, la reparación, la construcción y el control de sistemas biológicos humanos a nivel molecular, merced a la utilización de nanodispositivos y NANOESTRUCTURAS concebidos mediante ingeniería. (Freitas Jr., Nanomedicine, vol 1, 1999).
Descriptor Portuguese: Nanomedicina
Descriptor French: Nanomédecine
Tree number(s): H01.603.600
J01.897.120.050.625
J01.897.520.600.600
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D050997
Scope note: The branch of medicine concerned with the application of NANOTECHNOLOGY to the prevention and treatment of disease. It involves the monitoring, repair, construction, and control of human biological systems at the molecular level, using engineered nanodevices and NANOSTRUCTURES. (From Freitas Jr., Nanomedicine, vol 1, 1999).
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Nanotechnology (2002-2005)
Public MeSH Note: 2006
History Note: 2006
DeCS ID: 51270
Unique ID: D050997
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2006/01/01
Date of Entry: 2005/06/30
Nanomedicine - Preferred
Concept UI M0478944
Scope note The branch of medicine concerned with the application of NANOTECHNOLOGY to the prevention and treatment of disease. It involves the monitoring, repair, construction, and control of human biological systems at the molecular level, using engineered nanodevices and NANOSTRUCTURES. (From Freitas Jr., Nanomedicine, vol 1, 1999).
Preferred term Nanomedicine



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