The medical nanobots in my novel 'Small Miracles' tap the energy sources that the patient's own body provides. That is, they can metabolize glycerol and glucose, just as the cells in our bodies do.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I believe one day nano-robots will play an important role in medicine.
If we can reduce the cost and improve the quality of medical technology through advances in nanotechnology, we can more widely address the medical conditions that are prevalent and reduce the level of human suffering.
We need stem-cell research, no question about it. It is absolutely crucial for moving our medical science forward. We are trying to harness an untapped source of energy that can provide cures and possibly even prevent disease and suffering.
Nanotechnology in medicine is going to have a major impact on the survival of the human race.
What we do in the laboratory is we try to design drugs that will not just eradicate cancer cells but will eradicate their homes.
All I ever promised was that I was sure I could develop a new pharmacological agent which might answer a physiological question. Any utility would be implicit in that answer.
Organisms sip energy, because they have to work or barter for every single bit that they get.
In my lab, we are constantly asking, 'What's the utility of this pure science that we're doing? Let's nudge it a little bit in a direction where people can connect to it and have some fun and/or help some very serious problems they have.'
My organs are too powerful... I manufacture blood and fat too rapidly.
I make myself have energy. It's stubbornness in the face of cancer.