納米技術(shù)被公認(rèn)為二十一世紀(jì)最重要的科學(xué)領(lǐng)域之一。這項(xiàng)技術(shù)的生物醫(yī)學(xué)應(yīng)用包括納米生物技術(shù)和納米醫(yī)學(xué)，這是美國(guó)國(guó)家衛(wèi)生研究院醫(yī)學(xué)研究路線(xiàn)圖（NIH Roadmap for Medical Research）強(qiáng)調(diào)并資助的七個(gè)新興研究領(lǐng)域之一。這一領(lǐng)域的進(jìn)步依賴(lài)于來(lái)自不同背景的研究人員的共同努力，包括臨床醫(yī)生、生物醫(yī)學(xué)工程師、材料科學(xué)家、應(yīng)用物理學(xué)家和毒理學(xué)家。需要一個(gè)高質(zhì)量的跨學(xué)科審查論壇迫在眉睫，電線(xiàn)納米醫(yī)學(xué)和納米生物技術(shù)似乎填補(bǔ)了這一利基。專(zhuān)題報(bào)道包括：毒理學(xué)和管理問(wèn)題；植入式材料和外科技術(shù)；診斷工具；納米技術(shù)生物學(xué)方法；治療方法和藥物發(fā)現(xiàn)；生物學(xué)啟發(fā)的納米材料。

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