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Edited by Nicholas J. Turro, Columbia University, New York, NY, and approved September 23, 2008 (received for review September 6, 2008)
Abstract
The Sackler Colloquium entitled “Nanomaterials in Biology and Medicine: Promises and Perils” was held on April 10–11, 2007. We have been able to assemble a representative sampling of 17 of the invited talks ranging over the topics presented. Any new technology carries with it both a promise of transforming the way we do things and the possibility that there are unforeseen consequences. The papers collected here represent a cross-section of these issues. As an example, we present our own work on nano-upconversion phosphors as an example of this new class of nanomaterials with potential use in medicine and biology.
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- 1To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: austin{at}princeton.edu
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Author contributions: R.H.A. and S.-f.L. designed research; S.-f.L. performed research; S.-f.L. contributed new reagents/analytic tools; R.H.A. and S.-f.L. analyzed data; and R.H.A. and S.-f.L. wrote the paper.
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This paper results from the Arthur M. Sackler Colloquium of the National Academy of Sciences, “Nanomaterials in Biology and Medicine: Promises and Perils,” held April 10–11, 2007, at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC. The complete program and audio files of most presentations are available on the NAS web site at www.nasonline.org/nanoprobes.
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The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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This article is a PNAS Direct Submission.
- © 2008 by The National Academy of Sciences of the USA
The Sackler Colloquium on promises and perils in nanotechnology for medicine
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