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Title: Nanosize cargo ships
Post by: Reno on September 21, 2008, 20:17

Nanosize cargo ships designed to hold multiple drugs to kill cancer. There is a video on that page below that scientist holding the vial. Welcome too the 21st century.

http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/newsrel/science/09-08Nanoships.asp

Title: Re: Nanosize cargo ships
Post by: sam on September 21, 2008, 21:05

interesting, but I'm a little sceptical about this stuff...

Title: Re: Nanosize cargo ships
Post by: Reno on September 21, 2008, 21:12

I found the original article listed on foresight.org. It's not fake.

Title: Re: Nanosize cargo ships
Post by: sam on September 21, 2008, 22:19

no I didn't mean sceptical in that it was a fake - I meant that the science will actually work... so I guess I'm still questioning if it is legit, but in a different way.

Title: Re: Nanosize cargo ships
Post by: Reno on September 21, 2008, 22:28

It's no different then people being skeptical about cern and the HRC. That's what peer review is for. Besides, if its the word "nanotechnology" that's making you nervous, its basically just advanced chemistry.

Title: Re: Nanosize cargo ships
Post by: sam on September 23, 2008, 12:01

Quote from: Reno on September 21, 2008, 22:28

It's no different then people being skeptical about cern and the HRC. That's what peer review is for. Besides, if its the word "nanotechnology" that's making you nervous, its basically just advanced chemistry.

being a physicist I throughout understand the term nanotechnology! We have quite a large group here working on that sort of stuff but what I mean is I'm sceptical about how much it will change the world. I'm just hoping that not too much money could be sunk into a white elephant.