The Importance of Nanomedicine and Its Prospects for the Public Health and Research Fields in the Present and Future

Abstract

Recognizing and promoting contributions relevant to public health is crucial as the range of nanotechnology uses in medicine expands. Nanomedical advances promise to have far-reaching effects across the medical spectrum, revealing exciting new approaches to enhance health and lengthen life that can be quantified on both an individual and a societal scale. In the United States, for instance, cardiovascular disease and cancer account for over half of all deaths each year, yet there is promising evidence that improvements in nanomedicine can help cut these numbers. Nanomedicine's public health uses, like quicker and more portable diagnostics and more potent immunizations, could radically alter the state of global health. Diverse innovators from engineering, biology, medicine, and public health should collaborate to maximize the impact of their research on human health.