Medtech a high priority of E700 million EU nanotech drive
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Machines no bigger than a molecule will one day surf our blood stream, search and destroy infected tissues and heal our wounds." This is how the European Commission prefaced a pledge to spend E700m ($625m) on nanotechnology research over the next four years, under the forthcoming sixth research framework programme (FP6), in which medical technology promises to take centre stage.