With nanomedicine, Mexico will jump
Economist
CREDIT:
Maribel R. Talking
Colonel nanotechnology-methodology to manipulate matter at the nanoscale-some years ago was thought as a concept of science fiction. Today is part of our reality and in the years following the nanoindustria grow exponentially, including nanomedicine.
Level "nano" means 1.000 times less a micrometer, or 1.000 million times less than a meter. For ordinary mortals is hard to imagine such scales, but they exist and humans have learned to manipulate. Studies and research protocols and development of nanotechnology, shows that the limits of matter seem to be increasingly overcome and where applications are explored is in the field of health, in which there is urgency to generate savings.
Incredibly, today as ever in its history, Mexico can take the technological leap and compete at international level with nanotechnology, to participate forcefully in what will be the scientific revolution, social and economic century. It spoke in the First Congress NanoBioMédica held last week in Mexico City where, compiled by Milton Jorge International, the world's experts argued about the opportunity for Mexico to join this convergence and make the leap.
we were already several times, it is essential that it does not get out, said Milton Jorge Reyes, a young entrepreneur who anticipated, as well as a few decades ago it was said that the web-sites would be the future, nanotechnology is , except that the process to move from microchips to be much faster nanochips. This young man managed to bring together several institutions to organize and NanoBioMédica along with renowned Mexican scientists seek to join forces to push the integration of scientific, academic, government, health professionals and investors to adopt nanotechnology in the healthcare industry in Mexico.
unsubstantiated does not say: in Mexico and there are 650 nanotechnologists and growing interest and spirit of young people go into that area. There are also serious institutions such as the UNAM, which has already patented nano-structured materials and processes, "the UAM and private universities with important infrastructure and knowledge of nanotechnology applied to medicine.
The research system in our country has scientists high capacity and worldwide recognition, and very good teams. All we need is to approach institutions and investors to identify business opportunities because they are many areas with economic and technological potential.
Areas of opportunity are smart biomaterials and surfaces (the auto industry here already produces parts with nanomaterials), organ regeneration, micro nanofluids, highly integrated miniature devices nanobiosensors for diagnosis, functional nanoparticles for diagnostic imaging at the cellular level , among many others.
While still beginning, the income attributable directly to nanomedicine have been growing at levels of 42% between 2006 and 2011 and for 2011 is estimated to generate revenues of more than 19.000 million dollars.
free Do not give that nanomedicine is seen, the technology applied to medicine, will be among the top five most popular professions in 30 years.
experts from different countries gathered in NanoBioMédica, where he attended medical and engineering students from Universidad Anahuac, Autonoma de Queretaro, the Ibero, of the Americas in Puebla (a pioneer in Latin America to offer degree in Nanotechnology and Molecular Engineering) La Salle and Tec de Monterrey agreed that Mexico is facing a unique historical juncture to be the protagonist of this technological revolution, scientific and social because redefine the new citizen of the century.
