Nanotechnology and MedicineThe active pursuit of knowledge in nanotechnology may revolutionize the treatment and detection of various diseases in the future. Nanotechnology is the branch of science that focuses on the development of technologies at the molecular level, including the development of instruments that have been applied to many fields, such as the automotive, cosmetics, and textile industries. In medicine, nanotechnology has already been applied to the treatment of diabetes, the production of prosthetic limbs and improving the lives of the paralyzed. Many believe it is also the key to curing cancer and even immortality. , diseases are caused by damage at the molecular and cellular level. Modern treatments for these diseases promulgate the use of bulky and rather crude (compared to the cellular level) surgical tools that, at the molecular level, hurt and tear rather than heal. Thus, modern surgery is only effective because of the human ability to recover from injuries, and not necessarily because the techniques used are advanced. With the application of nanotechnology, surgical procedures performed with rudimentary tools will no longer be the best viable option. Nanotechnology will allow scientists to economically build complex molecular machines - smaller than a human cell - and lead the way in controlled interference at the molecular level, unclogging arteries, killing cancer cells and providing artificial mitochondria . Nanotechnology could produce new instruments that allow scientists to examine the human body and its functions in unprecedented detail, where microscopic machines could provide views of ongoing bodily functions or human structures. Therefore, I believe that nah...... middle of paper ......tureMedica, January 19, 2010. Web. November 20, 2011. .Eureka. “Nanotechnology medicine to reconstruct damaged parts of the human body. » Science Daily, January 18, 2011. Web. November 20, 2011. Merkle, Ralph C. “Nanotechnology and Medicine.” Advances in anti-aging medicine. Ed. Ronald M. Klatz. Flight. I. Las Vegas Nevada: Liebert, 1996. 277-86. Nanotechnology. Zyvex. Internet. November 20, 2011. “Nanotechnology and medicine.” Nanotechnology - Emerging Nanotechnologies Project. Emerging Nanotechnologies Project. Internet. November 20, 2011. “Nanotechnology in Medicine.” Nanotechnology made clear. Introducing Hawk's Perch technical writing. Internet. November 20. 2011. .