Medicine has developed throughout time but has remained forever concerned with the maintenance of health and thus the science of prevention and alleviation, and ultimately curing, of disease. To continue its development in new directions, medicine is now looking to nanomedicine, an emerging scientific specialty born from nanotechnology, which has grown up in the fields of engineering, physics, chemistry and biotechnology, and is now moving into medicine, with huge potential for expansion and development over the next decade and beyond.As our knowledge of the human body continues to improve, nanotechnology will be developed to monitor, repair and control human biological systems at the molecular level. This will offer unique opportunities for developing new therapeutic approaches to diagnose, prevent, treat and eradicate life-threatening diseases and conditions (such as cancer and diabetes), as well as resolving pain and improving medical techniques (such as bone repair and surgical techniques), through various novel nanotechnological approaches.Nanomedicine (ISSN 1743-5889) is a uniquely medicine-focused journal, addressing the important challenges and advances in medical nanoscale-structured material and devices, biotechnology devices and molecular machine systems and nanorobotics, delivering this essential information in concise, clear and attractive article formats. The journal is a valuable information source for all players in the field – academic, industrial and clinical researchers, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, regulatory authorities and others across the scientific community. Coverage includes:Principles of nanomedicine, including basic research and theoretical applicationsNanotechnological advances and their potential medical applicationsDisorders/conditions and the benefits of nanomedical tools versus traditional techniquesPre-clinical testing of novel nanomedical toolsDiagnostic tools and applicationsImplanted nanodevices for the prevention and treatment of disease and the alleviation of painNanomedical tools in gene therapy for inherited diseasesTissue, cell and genetic engineering involving nanomedical toolsTherapeutic applications of nanotechnologyDrug delivery using nano-particles (natural and artificial) or devicesTechnologies already in clinical use: diagnostics, therapeutics or surgical aidsPrediction of adverse reactions of nanomedical technology, toxicology and safety issuesEthical, regulatory and legal issuesCommercialization, funding and economics of nanomedical technologyThe nanomedicine field is still in its infancy, however, in the next few years there are likely to be further exciting developments across medical science, engineering, chemistry and physics. Diverse researchers working together under the nanomedicine umbrella will produce findings with potential medical uses: preventing, diagnosing and treating human diseases, as well as relieving pain. Nanomedicine will provide a critical overview of these advances as they unfold, helping to shape the future of medicine in this exciting era.

醫(yī)學一直在發(fā)展，但始終關注于維持健康，從而研究預防和減輕疾病，并最終治愈疾病。為了繼續(xù)朝著新的方向發(fā)展，醫(yī)學現(xiàn)在正在尋找納米醫(yī)學，這是一個從納米技術中誕生的新興科學專業(yè)，它在工程、物理、化學和生物技術領域成長起來，現(xiàn)在正在向醫(yī)學方向發(fā)展，在未來十年及以后具有巨大的擴展和發(fā)展?jié)摿ΑｋS著我們對人體知識的不斷提高，將發(fā)展納米技術，在分子水平上監(jiān)測、修復和控制人類生物系統(tǒng)。這將為開發(fā)新的治療方法，通過各種新的納米技術方法診斷、預防、治療和根除危及生命的疾病和條件（如癌癥和糖尿病），以及解決疼痛和改進醫(yī)療技術（如骨修復和外科技術）提供獨特的機會。納米醫(yī)學（ISSN 1743-5889）是一本以醫(yī)學為中心的獨特期刊，它解決了醫(yī)學納米級結構材料和設備、生物技術設備、分子機器系統(tǒng)和納米機器人技術的重要挑戰(zhàn)和進展，以簡潔、清晰和有吸引力的文章格式提供了這些基本信息。期刊是該領域所有參與者的寶貴信息來源，包括學術、工業(yè)和臨床研究人員、制藥和生物技術公司、監(jiān)管當局以及科學界的其他人。期刊范圍包括：納米醫(yī)學原理，包括基礎研究和理論應用納米技術進展及其潛在的醫(yī)學應用疾病/狀況以及納米醫(yī)療工具與傳統(tǒng)技術的優(yōu)勢新型納米醫(yī)療工具的臨床前測試診斷工具和應用程序植入納米設備用于疾病預防和治療和減輕疼痛遺傳病基因治療中的納米醫(yī)療工具涉及納米醫(yī)療工具的組織、細胞和基因工程納米技術的治療應用使用納米顆粒（天然和人工）或裝置的藥物輸送已在臨床應用的技術：診斷、治療或外科輔助納米醫(yī)療技術不良反應預測、毒理學與安全問題道德、監(jiān)管和法律問題納米醫(yī)療技術的商業(yè)化、資助和經(jīng)濟然而，納米醫(yī)學領域仍處于起步階段，在未來的幾年中，很可能會在醫(yī)學、工程、化學和物理等領域有進一步令人興奮的發(fā)展。在納米醫(yī)學的保護下，不同的研究人員一起工作將產(chǎn)生具有潛在醫(yī)學用途的發(fā)現(xiàn)：預防、診斷和治療人類疾病，以及減輕疼痛。隨著這些進展的展開，納米醫(yī)學將提供對這些進展的重要概述，幫助塑造這個激動人心的時代醫(yī)學的未來。