title: Nanomedicine and society.
abstract: Nanomedicine is a reality of medical research and clinical practice, and it offers new and promising approaches to fundamental problems in medicine. Most prominent are the early detection of neoplastic disease and the individualized treatment of metastases. These potentially transformational developments require careful scrutiny of the potential impact of nanomedicine on society, so that the community can guide its deployment in keeping with the fundamental tenets of medical ethics.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nanomedicine, University of Texas Houston Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferrari
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Philibert
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Sanhai
mesh_terms: D004992:Ethics, Medical; D032984:Ethics, Research; D006801:Humans; D050997:Nanomedicine / Q000941:ethics* / Q000379:methods; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000941:ethics* / Q000379:methods; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D012107:Research Design; D014481:United States