Advancing the safety of nanotechnology

June 12, 2009

Nanotechnology (materials that are approximately one billionth of a meter thick) is a booming business. Some estimates state its annual market will be over one trillion dollars by 2015. But while the technology is rapidly expanding, concern over its safety is growing as well. Good news is that there are scientists, like Dr. Chengyu Jiang, a molecular biologist at the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences in Beijing, China, who are starting to unravel the problems nanotechnology poses to human health. (Examiner)