NANOMEDICINE EXAM 1 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% PASS
nanomedicine - ✔✔the application of nanotechnology to clinical medicine to diagnose,
treat, and prevent disease
the greek work, dwarf - ✔✔what does nano mean
"small technologies" - ✔✔what does nanotechnology mean
1 nm = 1 x 10^-9 m - ✔✔relationship between m and nm
1. E Coli
2. HIV
3. Hemoglobin
4. Glucose - ✔✔examples of objects in the nanoscale
1-1,000 nm - ✔✔nanoscale range
1 micrometer = 1000 nm - ✔✔micrometers and nanometer relationship
1. less disposal materials
2. lower operational costs
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, 3. takes up less space
4. easier transportation
5. uses less material - ✔✔the benefits of miniaturization
1. manipulation at not only cellular, but molecular level
2. targeting strategies -- specific tissue, rather than systemic
3. cross biological barriers (blood brain barrier, placenta, blood air barrier) - ✔✔the
benefits of nanosized materials in medicine
protects the brain from microbes, viruses, but also some drugs - ✔✔what is the blood
brain barrier
protects the lungs from the air we breathe - ✔✔what is the blood air barrier
1. nanosensors
2. nanodevices
3. nanomotors
4. nanorobots - ✔✔nanomaterials/systems can be used as:
prevention of COVID via Pfizer and Moderna vaccines - ✔✔example of prevention in
nanomedicine
1. Doxil - treats lung cancer
2. nano and micro needles for hormone delivery or clinical trials to use antigens to
vaccinate against allergies - ✔✔example of treatment in nanomedicine
Doxil - ✔✔what was the 1st nanoparticle based formulation introduced into the market
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
100% PASS
nanomedicine - ✔✔the application of nanotechnology to clinical medicine to diagnose,
treat, and prevent disease
the greek work, dwarf - ✔✔what does nano mean
"small technologies" - ✔✔what does nanotechnology mean
1 nm = 1 x 10^-9 m - ✔✔relationship between m and nm
1. E Coli
2. HIV
3. Hemoglobin
4. Glucose - ✔✔examples of objects in the nanoscale
1-1,000 nm - ✔✔nanoscale range
1 micrometer = 1000 nm - ✔✔micrometers and nanometer relationship
1. less disposal materials
2. lower operational costs
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, 3. takes up less space
4. easier transportation
5. uses less material - ✔✔the benefits of miniaturization
1. manipulation at not only cellular, but molecular level
2. targeting strategies -- specific tissue, rather than systemic
3. cross biological barriers (blood brain barrier, placenta, blood air barrier) - ✔✔the
benefits of nanosized materials in medicine
protects the brain from microbes, viruses, but also some drugs - ✔✔what is the blood
brain barrier
protects the lungs from the air we breathe - ✔✔what is the blood air barrier
1. nanosensors
2. nanodevices
3. nanomotors
4. nanorobots - ✔✔nanomaterials/systems can be used as:
prevention of COVID via Pfizer and Moderna vaccines - ✔✔example of prevention in
nanomedicine
1. Doxil - treats lung cancer
2. nano and micro needles for hormone delivery or clinical trials to use antigens to
vaccinate against allergies - ✔✔example of treatment in nanomedicine
Doxil - ✔✔what was the 1st nanoparticle based formulation introduced into the market
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