
Nanomedicine: promises and risks

Nanomedicine, transhumanism and NBIC in the medical field: promises and risks
By AVICENN – Last added October 2022
Acronym NBIC refers to the convergence of nanotechnology (N) with biotechnology (B), information science (I), and cognitive science (C).
A few preamble quotes:
“In the utopian hope of being able to defeat death and suffering by the limitless power of our science, all of us, doctors, patients, health authorities, politicians… we are intoxicated by the endless flow of discoveries that biotechs like to announce with a loud crash. And drunkenness sometimes leads to the absurd (…). This leads to a real problem ofhealth equity : all other things being equal, patients who can benefit from sophisticated treatments will benefit from more national solidarity resources than those requiring “human” care, considered less prestigious” – Bruno Falissard, “ Medicine is the best alibi for technoscientific hubris“, Le Monde, September 2022.
“In the 1960s, under the presidency of Richard Nixon, the American administration decreed the "war on cancer". The promise was “in 10 years, we will have won”. Lots and lots of money has been spent. All was certainly not useless, but finally this war was not won, obviously " – Jean-Marc Lévy-Leblond, “ There is no democratic mastery of science“, Critical Sciences, December 2015.
“New curative advances still allow those who do not have excellent intrinsic longevity to nibble a few years of life after 65 years. But these results are nothing compared to the preventive measures known as lifestyle and dietary rules. These boil down to three: regular walking, calorie restriction and smoking cessation. Their results are far superior to all pharmacological or instrumental interventions in most pathologies neurodegenerative, tumourous, cardiovascular, infectious and locomotor disorders” – Luc Perino, excerpt from “Refusing death can be deadly”, in For health reasons – The medicine and the facts, July 8, 2015.
Promises of nanomedicine and NBICs in the medical field
In French :
- INSERM, Nanotechnologies – A new aspect of medicine, August 30 2022
- LNE, Workshop on the theme of nanomedicines and medical devices based on nanomaterials, June 30, 2022: Programs et report
- LNE, Nanotechnologies: on the way to the medicine of the future, LNE, May 2022
- Polytechnic Montreal, Nanomaterials to treat us betterJune 2021
- « Nanomaterials in drugs and medical devices“, ANSM, undated, written from 2017 and obtained by AVICENN in 2020
- Mathieu Noury (University of Quebec), Chapter 6. Nanomedicine and personalized medicine: understanding the meaning and challenges of personalized care in the era of molecular technologies, International Journal of Bioethics and Ethics of Science 2019
- APM news, The ANSM recommends changing the regulations on nanomaterials in health products (report), February 13 2019
- Le Figaro, “The promises of the infinitely small” by Laurent Lévy, founder of the start-up Nanobiotix, at the Big Bang Santé du Figaro, November 9, 2018
- The scientific method, Nanomedicine: a doctor in my cell, France Culture, March 7, 2018 ("despite these promises, nearly 20 years after its debut, the prophesied medical miracle has not yet occurred")
- Science & Future, Deliver, vibrate, amplify: nanotechnology takes on cancer, January 31 2018
- ANSM, Nanomaterials in medicines and medical devices, date ? 2017? (report obtained by Avicenn on August 3, 2020)
- Mathieu Noury, Medicine in the age of nanotechnology, Liber editions, March 2017
- Science & Life TV, Nanomedicine: the new revolutionFebruary 2017
- The World and Universcience, Nanomedicine against cancer, February 10 2017
- NanoResp, Nanomedicine: what diagnostic and therapeutic novelties? Performance and limits, Nov. 30 2016
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- Art, Immortality, last frontier, April 12 2016
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- Lawrence Alexander, “Gradually, cancer will no longer be a fatal disease”, Europe 1, March 5, 2016
- Recoll, Applications of nanotechnology to medical devices, February 4 2016
- Hinovic, Nanotechnologies in health: a revolution on the horizon?, January 21 2016
- Planet Health, Nanomedicine, where are we?, January 6 2016
- INSERM, The nanotechnologies, new face of medicineJune 2015
- Art, BiTS S02E20: are the promises of transhumanism achievable? SF culture digs!, March 12 2015
- Noury M. Nanohealth: perspective and sociological challenges of the application of nanotechnology to medicine, Thesis in sociology presented to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of Montreal and the University of Paris Ouest – Nanterre, March 2014
- LEEM, Applications of nanotechnology to medicine, February 13 2014
- LEEM, What will be the contribution of nanotechnology to medicine? 2009
- OPECST, Nanosciences and medical progress, Jean-Louis Lorrain and Daniel Raoul, Senate, 2004
- Science Plus magazine, Nanotechnology and health, date ?
In English :
- Nanoparticles could one day help “cure the incurable”, scientists say, RMIT University , October 18, 2022
- ETPN2022, the 17th annual event of the European Technology Platform on Nanomedicine (ETPN), June 2022
- Nanotechnology—Over a Decade of Progress and Innovation, US FDA, July 2020
- Delivering the power of nanomedicine to patients today, Germain M et al., JCR, 326: 164-171, 2020
- Nanoparticle formed vaccines: opportunities and challenges, Pingsai Lung, Jingnan Yang, Quan Li, Nanoscale 2020
- Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA), The big future of nanotechnology in medicine, June 25 2020
- Developing personalized vaccines with biomimetic nanotechnology, Michael Berger, Nano Werk, April 3 2020
- Nanoparticle Vaccines Against Infectious Diseases, Rashmirekha Pati, Maxim Shevtsov, Avinash Sonawane, Frontiers in Immunology 2018
- Nanoparticle-Based Vaccines Against Respiratory Viruses, Sultan Al-Halifa et al., Frontiers in Immunology, January 24 2019
In French :
- INSERM, Never without my magnetic nanoparticles – a new therapeutic pathway for retinal diseasesFebruary 2022
- Daily Geek Show, These medicinal nanoparticles are particularly promising against cancer, January 4, 2021
- Camille Verry, Nanoparticles in radiotherapy, Pop'Sciences, University of Lyon, December 15, 2020
- George Simmonds, Researchers are developing a universal nanoparticle flu vaccine, RT-Flash, February 11 2020
- Galien Institute, Paris-Sud University, Nanos full of bronchial tubes, Video, “Ideas full of Tech”, November 2019]]
- Cécile Sicard-Roselli: Understanding the functioning of metallic nanoparticles under irradiation, Paris-Saclay University, July 29, 2019
- CLARA Canceropole, Nanoparticles to pulverize tumors, July 25, 2019
- CNRS, Cutaneous leishmaniasis treated with multifunctional nanoparticles, 20 May 2019
- CNRS, Dendritic nanomaterials for the early diagnosis of cancers, May 16 2019
- CNRS, Glucocorticoid nanoparticles to treat rheumatoid arthritis, CNRS, May 2, 2019
- The doctor's daily life Nanoparticles to improve the effectiveness of radiotherapy hit the market in Europe, April 8 2019
- PANBioRA (2018-2021): European research program, "Personalized And/Or Generalized Integrated Biomaterial Risk Assessment" (nearly 8 million euros received from the European Union (source: Cordis, 2018))
- Saadia Kerdine-Romer, Hervé Hillaireau (Labex LERMIT), Nanoparticles are promising drug carriers, but what about their toxicity, especially on the immune level?, Life Sciences UPSaclay, March 1, 2019
- CEA & INSERM, Nanoparticles to fight AIDS, February 27 2019
- CERTOP, IMH, Cirimat, IPBS, Diabetes Lab of the French Federation of Diabetics, Association of Young Diabetics of Midi-Pyrénées, Research project: NanoBrique “Nanotechnologies, benefits and risks” – final report, transdermal insulin delivery patch for diabetics, using the conductive properties of carbon nanotubes to electro-stimulate the skin to make it temporarily permeable to insulin, January 2019
- World Economic Forum, Blood, water and gold. – Scientists have invented a blood test that can detect cancer in just 10 minutesJanuary 2019
- NanoTransMed : "Innovations in Nanomedicine: from diagnosis to implantology", European research program involving German, French and Swiss scientists from the Upper Rhine region
- Laurent Lévy, CEO of Nanobiotix: “Nanomedicine is now a reality: more than 40 products on the market, 200 in development”, BigBangSanté, Le Figaro, October 2018
- Le Figaro, Nanomedicine enters the heart of cellsOctober 2018
- The echoes, A mini centipede robot to crawl inside our bodiesOctober 2018
- CNRS Journal, Diagnose at the nanoscaleOctober 2018
- For science, Nano and microparticles to treat osteoarthritis, September 13 2018
- Thelma radiology, The promise of nanoparticles to improve radiotherapy, September 5 2018
- Technion, Optimal propulsion: helping nanoscale robots swim better in the human body 2018
- Cancéropôle Est, Thematic day Inorganic nanoparticles in oncology, June 5 2018
- SciencePost, Nanoparticles could help fight brain cancer, May 28 2018
- Cyclon Hit, The delivery of drugs in the form of nanoparticles to combat antibiotic resistance, Cordis, April 30, 2018
- Glycovax Pharma, Glycovax Pharma files a patent application for a new semi-synthetic breast cancer vaccine, April 4 2018
- Science Post, 'Injectable bandage' made from seaweed could stop internal bleeding in minutes, April 4 2018
- autonews, Osteoarthritis: the hope of targeted therapies, March 12 2018
- Why Doctor, Blindness: gold nanoparticles to restore vision, March 7 2018
- Acuite.fr, Israeli researchers have created eye drops to improve patients' vision, February 27 2018
- Le Monde, Nanomedicine against cancer, (video), February 10, 2018
- The echoes, Vaxinano refines its nasally adjuvant-free vaccine, January 31 2018
- EPFL, Gold nanoparticles capable of destroying virusesDecember 18 2017
- Science Germany, Using nanoparticles to improve drug action in the brainDecember 5 2017
- Transhumanism and Artificial Intelligence, The first "swallowed-connected" drug soon on the market, Nov. 15 2017
- INSERM, "When nanomaterials can improve the lives of paralyzed people", Oct. 10 2017
- France News, Patch melts love handles in mice, September 15 2017
- CNRS, Magnetic cell “Legos” for the regenerative medicine of tomorrow, September 12 2017
- INSERM, Tumor nanopalpation: a way to improve diagnosis?, August 29 2017
- France Diplomacy India, Biodegradable nanoparticles as an alternative to chemotherapy, June 19 2017
- France Diplomacy Brazil, Nanoparticles coated with antibiotic compounds to eliminate resistant bacteria, June 7 2017
- France Inter, ASCO 2017: nanoparticles to optimize the effects of radiotherapy, June 5 2017
- Science Post, Graphene sheets functionalized with polymers to boost immunityMay 2017
- LCI, Gold nanoparticles, the new anti-cancer weapon?, May 10 2017
- Le Monde, Has the human being reached its limits?, Sandrine Cabut and Nathaniel Herzberg, January 2, 2017
- The echoes, Gold to fight Alzheimer's, August 28 2016
- Polytechnic Montreal, An army of nanorobots precisely targets cancerous tumors, August 15 2016
- Huffington Post, When “Transformers” meet medicine: microrobots will soon be able to operate on us, August 1, 2016
- Huffington Post, How the new type of universal cancer vaccine works in theory, June 1, 2016
- The Conversation, Nano-imaging, a new tool for modern medicine, May 18 2016
- The Obs, A “universal treatment” against allergies? No, each case is different, April 27 2016
- Echosciences Grenoble, Nanotechnology applied to cancer treatment, April 21 2016
- Science & Future, Breast cancer: nanotechnology, future of treatment?, April 5 2016
- For science, Nanoparticles against Parkinson's, March 9 2016
- The New Economist, e-health – Breakthrough innovations from NBICs, February 25 2016
- ARTE Future, Facing the future: Jacques Testart vs. Lawrence Alexander, (video), February 17, 2016
- Curie Institute, Neuron, nanoparticle and magnetism: the Magneuron project, January 25 2016
- Release, Health: digital in great shape, Nov. 26 2015
- engineering techniques, Detecting pathologies with an electronic noseNovember 2015
- CNRS, Towards optimized cancer treatments thanks to nanoparticlesNovember 2015
- Pastor Institute, Advances in nanoparticulate carriers: Applications in diseases and infections, Scientific conference, Paris, 19-21 October 2015
- INRA, Olfactory nanosensors and their potential application in the non-invasive detection of pathologies, Edith Pajot-Augy, September 2015
- Michele Rivasi, The Commission has no exhaustive list of nanomaterials present in medicines authorized on European soil, September 3 2015
- H Magazine, Nanorobots injected with liquid to remove toxins, August 28 2015
- CNRS, New isotopic labeling process to accelerate the evaluation of drug candidates, August 17 2015
- Health Magazine, Research: what is Google's cancer bracelet really worth?, July 23 2015
- France-Diplomacy, BIO 2015: New therapeutic applications in nanomedicine, July 9 2015
- blog, The future by 2099: New predictions from famed futurist Ray Kurzweil, June 22 2015
- Rue89, L'OBS, “We are going towards a man half flesh, half machine”, June 10 2015
- Futura Sciences, Electronics injected directly into the brain, June 9 2015
- CEA Iramis, Hybrid nano-vesicles for targeted therapy, May 16 2015
- EDFPulse, A box of drugs in the bodyMay 2015
- Science & Future, Cholesterol: "nano-drones" to clean the arteries?, February 23 2015
- Develop.com and The Atlantic, Google X Lab: detection of cancer via nanoparticles in the body, January 30 2015
- LEEM, Why use nanotechnology to heal, January 20 2015
- Christopher Cartier, Modular design of biodegradable nanoparticles targeted against cancer, Chemistry 2.0, CNRS, April 2014
- LEEM, Nanovectors, nanoparticles, nanochips… what do nanoproducts look like?, March 5 2014
- LEEM, The applications of nanotechnology in the treatment of cancers, March 3 2014
- Christopher Cartier, Spectacular anticancer activity for elongated nanoparticles, Chemistry 2.0, CNRS, January 2014
- Patrick Boisseau, Nanoparticle-Based Advanced Medical Imaging, Scientific Day of Nanomedicine, Paris, 2012
→ In English:
- (In)stability of ligands at the surface of inorganic nanoparticles: A forgotten question in nanomedicine?, Le Goas M et al., NanoToday, Volume 45, 101516, August 2022
- Core/shell nanostructures with enhanced hyperthermia properties for cancer therapy, Mater. Chem. Forehead., Montoya Cardona JE et al., 2021
- Nanomotors Closer To Reality For Drug Delivery, Nano Magazine, September 26, 2018
- A single-injection vaccine for the polio virus – Nanoparticles could offer a new way to help eradicate the disease worldwide, MIT, 21 May 2018.
- Nano World Cancer Day 2018, the European Technology Platform on Nanomedicine (ETPN), 2 February 2018
- How diseases can be targeted using nanotechnology – and why it's difficult, The Conversation, September 8, 2017
- Nature Nanotechnology, The evolving landscape of drug products containing nanomaterials in the United States, D’Mello SR et al., 2017
- Cancer Nanotechnology Plan 2015, NIH (USA), 2015 and Opportunities in Cancer Nanotechnology: A Conversation with NCI's Dr. Piotr GrodzinskiJanuary 2016
- EuroNanoMed II
- Maybe nano drug delivery not so magical after all?, Frogheart, January 2015
- Has nanomedicine lived up to its promise?, Subbu Venkatraman, Nanotechnology, 25, 372501
- International Congress of Translational Nanomedicine, Angers, 27-29 August 2014
- The application of nanotechnology in medicine: treatment and diagnostics, Nanomedicine, 9(9): 1291-1294, Mar 2014
- Publications from the Canadian Biomaterials Laboratory for Medical Imaging (BIM) provide information on the use of silica and gadolinium oxide nanoparticles
- NanoCardio Project, Interreg France-Wallonia-Vlaanderen program
Risks, regulation and societal challenges posed by nanomedicine, transhumanism and NBICs in the medical field
- INSERM, Nanotechnologies – A new aspect of medicine, August 30 2022
- LNE, Workshop on the theme of nanomedicines and medical devices based on nanomaterials, June 30 2022
- Detox Channel, Miniature implants in the brain to restore motor skills, really?, INSERM, September 8, 2020
- Allodoctors, What is Neuralink, Elon Musk's new brain implant?, September 2 2020
- Florence Gazeau and Florent Carn, What happens to gold nanoparticles from drugs in our body?, The Conversation, March 3, 2020
- Committee for Prevention and Precaution (CPP), Nanotechnology – Nanoparticles: What dangers, what risks?, February 3 2020
- « Nanomaterials in drugs and medical devices“, ANSM, undated, written from 2017 and obtained by AVICENN in 2020
- Raphael Cornu, Nanoparticles and health: great therapeutic promise, but for what risk?, Doctoral thesis, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, under the supervision of Hélène Martin and Arnaud Beduneau, December 2019
- ECA, Framing nanomedicine and biomaterials in the medical industry (Refine Project)December 5 2019
- EMPA and Swiss Federal Council, How risky is nanomedicine?, September 26 2019
- APM news, The ANSM recommends changing the regulations on nanomaterials in health products (report), February 13 2019
- Science & Future, Used to treat cancers, nanoparticles could actually make them more virulent, February 8 2019
- Marion Rousset, The resistible rise of transhumanism, The World, February 1, 2019
- CERTOP, IMH, Cirimat, IPBS, Diabetes Lab of the French Federation of Diabetics, Association of Young Diabetics of Midi-Pyrénées, Research project: NanoBrique “Nanotechnologies, benefits and risks” – final report, transdermal insulin delivery patch for diabetics, using the conductive properties of carbon nanotubes to electro-stimulate the skin to make it temporarily permeable to insulin, January 2019
- Frederic Lagarce, professor of biopharmacy and hospital practitioner in Angers, January 2019: A article published in Nature Nanotechnology shows that nanoparticles of titanium dioxide, silica and gold can induce changes in the endothelium and therefore leakage of tumor cells, causing metastases. “What is interesting/original is to show a potential risk of nanotechnologies in the treatment of tumours, whereas these technologies are often presented as the answer to improving the performance of anti-cancer drugs. It should now be checked whether these endothelial modifications are also found with polymer or lipid nanoparticles, which are much more used to encapsulate active ingredients and target tumours. If this were unfortunately the case, the whole strategy of nanomedicine (very cancer-oriented) would be called into question”.
- Chapter 4. Risks and benefits of medical nanotechnology: what balance?, Isabelle Poirot-Mazeres, Patrick Chaskiel, International Journal of Bioethics and Ethics of Science 2018
- Nathalie Panissal, Ethics, nanohealth, macro education, TraHs, 4, December 2018
- Dalel Askri Study of the biodistribution and toxicity of iron nanoparticles in rats and on a line of neuroblastoma, Human Medicine and Pathology. Grenoble Alpes University; University of Carthage (Tunisia), 2018: “their use in the biomedical field must be taken with great precaution to avoid as much as possible any risk related to their exposure”
- Frank Damour, Nanotechnology as transhumanist technologyin Man & Society, L'Harmattan, n° 207, 2018/2
- Olivier Rey, Lure and misfortune of transhumanism, Desclée de Brouwer editions, October 2018
- critical science, Transhumanism put to the test of realityJuly 2018
- Soon all half-men, half-robots, about theexhibition by Lausanne photographer Matthieu Gafsou on transhumanism and the Human "enhanced" by technology, Arles, 2018
- Jacques Testart and Agnes Rousseaux, At the peril of humanity – The suicidal promises of transhumanists, Threshold, March 1, 2018
- Jacques Testart and Marc Roux, Transhumanism, La Tête au carré, France inter, March 1, 2018
- Camille Gaubert, Cancer: how to differentiate the contribution of technology from ethical drift?, Science & Future, February 4, 2018
- Are vaccines “contaminated with toxic nanoparticles”?, Adrien Senecat, Le Monde, July 19 2017
- European Parliament and Council of the European Union, European regulation relating to medical devices n° 2017/745, April 5 2017
- Mathieu Noury, Medicine in the age of nanotechnology, Liber editions, March 2017
- PMO, Transhumanism or the end of the human species?, Inf'OGM, n°144, March-April 2017
- The Free, Developing technology without replacing humans, March 4 2017
- What to choose, Dye E171 Medicines too!, February 4 2017
- Edgar Morin, “Let’s humanize transhumanism! », Le Monde, Nov. 8 2016
- What's up, The doctor facing the transhumanist religion, Laurent Alexandre, October 2016
- Technologists, Technology, medicine and health – The reverse side of a myth of progress, September 16-17, 2016
- Avicenn, What vigilance regarding nanomaterials in drugs and medical devices?,veillenanos.fr, July 2016
- The echoes, Transhumanism: who owns our body?, June 22 2016
- the popular, “Immortality does not make me dream if it is Google that sells the ticket”, June 5 2016
- nanoscope, Miniaturization, Micro and Nanotechnologies: Ethical issues of emerging technologiesMay 2016
- Time, Be well, and shut up, April 23 2016
- Art, Immortality, last frontier, April 12 2016
- ARTE Future, Facing the future: Jacques Testart vs. Lawrence Alexander, February 17 2016
- Hinovic, Nanotechnologies in health: what are the health, environmental and ethical issues?, February 9 2016
- Planet Health,Nanomedicine, where are we?, January 6 2016
- French Culture, Nanotechnology in our future, radio program, “Continent sciences”, September 21, 2015
- Michele Rivasi, The Commission has no exhaustive list of nanomaterials present in medicines authorized on European soil, September 3 2015
- Biosphere, A man half flesh, half machine, the technical utopia, June 20 2015
- ETICS 2015, Nanomedicine, finally accessible dream or high-risk technology?, ICT issues and analysis of controversies at Télécom ParisTech, 2015
- France Inter, Transhumanism: towards an “augmented” human being?, radio program, “The phone is ringing”, May 25, 2015
- squared head, Transhumanism or the augmented man, radio program with Jean-Michel Besnier, philosopher, Didier Coeurnelle from the Technoprog' association, Miroslav Radman, cell biologist and Sophie Coisne from La Recherche magazine, May 20, 2015
- The echoes, After the repaired man, the augmented man?, April 17 2015
- Pascale Lintz, Analysis and ethical issues of nanotechnology in medicine: time and discourse, systemic ethical approach: double discourse, psychoanalytic approach: complementarity of discourses between science and theology, Psychology, University Paul Valéry – Montpellier III, 2014
- Noury M. Nanohealth: perspective and sociological challenges of the application of nanotechnology to medicine, Thesis in sociology presented to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of Montreal and the University of Paris Ouest – Nanterre, March 2014
- van Est, Rinie et al., From BIO to NBIC convergence – From medical practice to everyday life. Report written for the Council of Europe, Bioethics Committee, The Hague, Rathenau Institute, 2014
- ParisTech Review, The elusive risk of nanomedicineOctober 2014
- ENSParis, Conference "Can we and should we improve the human being?" », September 11 2014
- French Culture, Death suits you so badly, September 3 2014
- “When we are all cyborgs, it will be too late”, interview with Swiss anthropologist Daniela Cerqui, Rue89, July 2014
- HANDLES, Assessment of the risks associated with nanomaterials – Issues and update of knowledge, Appendix 4 “Ethical issues of nanotechnology and nanomaterials”, April 2014
- Le-glob Journal, Towards a world increasingly invisible and closeApril 2014
- Francois Ballet, Let's develop non-technological innovation in medicine, Le Monde, February 17 2014
- Jean-Francois Mattei and Jean-Michel Besnier, Where should the ethical limit be drawn between “the repaired man” and the “augmented man”?, La Croix, Nov. 18 2013
- Synthesis of the Colloquium “Nanomedicine, philosophical issues”, nano2e, October 2013
- Thierry Magnin, Nanobiotechnology in Medicine: Ethical IssuesJune 2013
- Afssaps (now ANSM), Recommendations for the toxicological evaluation of medicinal products in nanoparticle formOctober 2011
- Afssaps (now ANSM), Biological evaluation of medical devices containing nanomaterials, Scientific Report, February 2011
- Christian Hervé, Michèle S. Jean, Patrick A. Molinari, Marie Angèle Grimaud, Emmanuelle Laforêt, Nanomedicine: Ethical, legal and normative issues, Dalloz, 2007
- Ion Vezeanu, Impossibilia moralia – Nanotechnologies, communication and freedom, Arguments against human reproductive cloning, L'Harmattan, June 2007
- National Consultative Ethics Committee for Life and Health Sciences (CCNE): Opinion n°96 – Ethical questions posed by nanosciences, nanotechnologies and healthFebruary 2007
- Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community (COMECE), Ethical questions posed by nanomedicineOctober 2006
→ In English :
- Dorota Napierska, Health Care Without Harm Europe (HCWH), Nanosilver in healthcare – does the silver bullet exist?, August 2020
- Gaur N et al., Toxicity and Regulatory Concerns for Nanoformulations in Medicinein The ELSI Handbook of Nanotechnology: Risk, Safety, ELSI and CommercializationMarch 2020
- Joint Research Center (JRC), Anticipation of regulatory needs for nanotechnology-enabled health products (Refine), November 28, 2019
- Environmental hazard assessment for polymeric and inorganic nanobiomaterials used in drug delivery, Hauser M et al., Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 17, 56, April 2019
- Peng F et al., Nanoparticles promote in vivo breast cancer cell intravasation and extravasation by inducing endothelial leakiness, Nature NanotechnologyJanuary 2019
- Jones R, “Against transhumanism” – a round-up of reactions so far, Soft Machines, April 5, 2016
- Kendall M & Lynch Y, Long-term monitoring for nanomedicine implants and drugs, Nature Nanotechnology, 11: 206-210, March 2016
- Murashova V & Howard J, Risks to Health Care Workers from Nano-Enabled Medical Products, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 12 (6), 2015
- Pourzahedi L and Eckelman MJ, Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Nanosilver-Enabled Bandages, ISMarch 2015
- SCENIHR (Europe), Opinion on the Guidance on the Determination of Potential Health Effects of Nanomaterials Used in Medical DevicesJanuary 2015
- Kazemi A et al., The Question of Ethics in Nanomedicine, Journal of Clinical Research & Bioethics, August 2014
- HCWH, The era of nanomedicine – Factsheet: How innovations in healthcare research can lead to uncertainties in public health 2014
- HCWH, Nanomedicine – new solutions or new problems?December 2013
- European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE), The ethical aspects of nanomedicine 2006
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- Website : www.anses.fr
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- On the agenda: identification of nanomaterials, recent technological innovations in terms of particle size characterization, areas for progress to be considered
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This listing was originally created in February 2019