Nanotubes made of carbon cylinders about a nanometre in diameter which are single walled have been highly touted for potential applications such as ultra strong fibers, electrical wires in molecular devices, or hydrogen storage components for fuel cells which can also be used in the detection and destruction breast cancer cells.

HER2 is one of a family of genes that help regulate the growth and proliferation of human cells. Normal cells have two copies of HER2, but about 20 to 25 percent of breast cancer cells have multiple copies of the gene, resulting in the overproduction of a HER2-encoded protein. These multiple copies of HER2 tumors can successfully tracked and destroy by adding chicken immunoglobulin IgY antibody to nanotubes.

The two unique optical properties of carbon nanotubes allow this link to be exploited for improved detection and destruction of HER2 breast cancer cells. Near-infrared laser light at a wavelength of 785 nanometers reflects intensely off the nanotubes, and this strong signal is easily detected by a technique called Raman spectroscopy. Increase the laser light’s wavelength to 808, nanometers and it will be absorbed by the nanotubes, incinerating them and HER2 tumor cells to which they are attached and the wide genetic differences between human and avian species means that the chicken IgY antibody to HER2 reacts strongly with the target protein expressed on tumor cells while ignoring normal cells with other human proteins. The carbon nanotubes attached to the antibodies also become linked to the HER2 tumors.

Although this finding is in its infancy, scientist can see the future potential of this new technology. The next step for the research team is to see it working works with animals starting with mouse trails.

Wounds made in mice stomatches healed without scarring the tissue when the researchteam applied sheets to incisions. Findings were published in the journal Advanced Materials. Shinji Takeoka, professor in the Department of Life Science and Medical Bioscience at Waseda University said, “This new approach would constitute a perfect candidate for an alternative to conventional suture/ligation procedures, from the perspective not only of a minimally invasivesurgical technique but it can also reduce the operation times,” The nanosheets which is only about 20 nanometers in thickness could be used for general wound dressing, but will also be very useful in endoscopic surgery, plasticsurgery  and regenerative medicine. Clinical trials could still be several years away.

Courtesy : http://www.plasticsurgerypractice.com/eReport/2009-08-17_05.asp

We talked a lot about nanotechnology, cloning etc, But today I like to talk about a new idea, is it possible to convert a disease causing virus, amoeba or a bacteria into a nano doctor? and My answer is yes it is very much possible to alter the gene of a virus and converting into an army of life saving microdoctors. The navigation of microdoctors are easy because it can consciously get into human cells, there microdoctors can even get into cytoplasm of cells and eat away or neutralize the disease casing chemicals and proteins created inside our DNA. Also these microdoctors can alter the negative disease causing  factors inside human genome.

The Virus which cause deadly diseases like AIDS can one day cure the same diseases, humans will posses technology to alter the characters of these viruses and can direct them into the virus infected body to fight against the bad viruses that cause deceases.

I can see a huge potential in this area, the same single celled deadly creature who terrorised human race for the past centuries  can one day be tamed into life saving friendly microdoctors.

There are approximately 20,000 to 25,000 genes, with a sequences of 3 billion chemical base pairs in our human DNA , To understand our molecular self scientists have read the 3 billion letter that making up the DNA is the human genome .Human genome sequencing stated on 1990 and it lasted for all 13 years to complete to sequence the 3 billion letters ( chemical base pairs ).

Human Genome is our blueprint, everything from our looks our personality, risk for diseases, ageing etc can be found inside the DNA, by decoding the Genome is a favourable way can change our self, human genome is just like a computer programme code, by debugging the code we can make an error free programme , like wise Human genome is not perfect, it may contain all kind of bugs like risk of caner, heart disease, our bad behaviour etc.

All our diseases have a genetic compound weather it is inherent decease or decease caused by environmental factors, human genome sequencing helped scientists to pin point the disease causing errors in genome. Genome sequencing will help to cure almost all diseases.

Recent studies conducted by Pennsylvania State University on Jelly fishes  notices the fact that these jellyfishes can transform all of itz existing cells into younger cells, Through a process  called transdifferentiation the jellyfish can able to return to its polyp state ( the first stage of the life of a jellyfish) and this process continues in a circular manner making it immortal !

Scientists are studying the biological mechanism of jellyfishes inorder to mimic that process in human beings, Jelly fishes are big hope for the anti ageing studies.

Human body is having a network of blood streams that connects every part of our body ( capillaries and arteries ) this is a potential pathway for nanobots that can swim through human body to other for completing their assigned mission.

Wifi Guided nanobots

Wireless technology can be used for guiding nanobots through human body and to monitor their works. one thing scientists have to make sure before making such a system is to take care of the radiation aspects of wireless technology, it have to be safe for our human body.

Magnetic Fields for mobilizing nanobots

Magnetic fields can be used to to navigate nanobots from one part of body to another, the risk fator is less compared to wireless radiations.

New medical science is treating aging as a decease which is a right thing to do cause every disease we  treat is to restore our human body’s functions and to prevent it from malfunctioning  and if we look at ageing it is the slow and steady degeneration of human tissues and organs that will block the proper functioning of human body.

Scientists are going into the molecular level , Stem cell research and decoding of human genome will help to find out the changes happening in molecular level during the ageing process  and fix them. Nanao technology will be aiding the future anti ageing efforts through itz powerful intelligent nanobots. When such a drug get discovered which can be called a perfect anti aging medicine then can you imagine what is going to happen to the existing society and social beliefs !!

What happens when we discovers anti ageing drug that can stop ageing and reverse ageing process. The young people will remain younger for ever and our fathers and grand fathers will get younger by the help of age reversing drug ! what will be our reactions when we see our dads and grand dads who will be looking biologically same age as us ! they will be more active and will develop a youthful attitude towards life !. what will be their attitude towards us when they feel that their kids are no longer gonna take their legacy forward when they die due to old age . According to my opinion our society and our minds have the natural balancing mechanism when some changes happen to our society, we will get used to the changes and will make it part of our life, I will give you an examples to show the balancing ability of human mind and society, I was totally depended on my Mom and my world revolved round her her unexpected death threw me out of balance and the natural balancing ability of my mind put me back into track in few years, ( with this example I am not trying to draw any similarity between anti ageing revolution and this bad experience of my life ) and our society is a collection of human minds changes good of bad will bet balenced, but we cant avoid a period of confusion that prevail before balancing happen which is essential for the balancing act.

As we stop ageing our savings will get Bigger day by day year by year individuals will become more financial powerful and population may increase if we stop ageing, but I believe humans are intelligent enough to find a solution for population explosion, the same brain which produced anti ageing drugs are capable of inventing technologies that can inhabit near by planets and can produce food for the entire population or we may just leave on drugs !

I am a very spiritual person and I firmly belie we are not permanent residents of this world one day we all have to die,  anti aging drugs cant prevent accidental deaths that can happen to humans. I am not against new anti ageing health research cause we all want to remain youthful till we leave in this physical world.

Health and Advice portal is all about health and I cant stay away new anti ageing  health research going on all around the world  and I welcome you guys to write down your opinion and ideas about anti ageing research  as a reply to this blog

Now It is computer / IT revolution an it had itz fair contribution in the field of Medical research but In coming decades we will see revolution in nanotechnology, quantum physics, human genome research and stem cell research, we will see things which we have never ever imagined before, and nanotechnology will be playing its big part in this never ever imagined health and Medical science revolution.

Regenerating  Tissues with the help of nanobots

Americans are spending a lot for anti aging medicines, in coming years nanotechnology will be assisting the new anti aging drive . What i can feel is  nanotechnology can create nanobots that can be injected into our body and these nanobots will be capable of repairing damaged and old tissues. Well it sounds bit weird ! dont worry we all will get used to it if after few decades !

Nanobots assigned with Mission

Nanometres can send deep inside our body to seek and destroy infected tissue parts and blocked arteries and seek and destroy and eliminate deadly HIV viruses from human body.

Nanotechnology for super human powers !

Imagine a human being who can run 100 miles without getting tired , a man/ woman  powerful enough to run as fast as 90 miles per second !These things are can be possible with nanotechnology,  nanobots  fused with quantum computers will be intelligent enough to alter  chemicals in our  body which can manipulate our functions to convert ourself into powerful human !

Some conservative people may object these nano ideas but later they will get used to it, during earlier days conservatives  objected discoveries made by scientists like Copernicans etc.

These days lot of scientific research are undergoing in universities around the world and every month we are reading about new nano discoveries