title: The Sackler Colloquium on promises and perils in nanotechnology for medicine.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA. austin@princeton.edu
authors.forename: Robert H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Austin
authors.forename: Shuang-fang
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Lim
mesh_terms: D001194:Asbestos / Q000737:chemistry; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000639:trends*; D049329:Nanostructures; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000639:trends*; D010316:Particle Size; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D001194:Asbestos; C009495:titanium dioxide; D014025:Titanium