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Richardson, Texas (March 1, 2000)
Zyvex
LLC announced today that Robert Freitas Jr, author of “Nanomedicine,”
has joined the company as a Research Scientist. Freitas, the
world’s foremost expert on potential medical applications
of molecular nanotechnology, has already finished Volume I
of the three volume trilogy and will finish volumes II and
III at Zyvex. “Nanomedicine” is the first in-depth
survey of the impact of this emerging technology on medicine.
Jim
Von Ehr, President and CEO of Zyvex, said, “Applications
of nanotechnology will revolutionize the 21st century, and
medical applications could be the most revolutionary of all.
Applications of nanomedicine are years or even decades away,
but the incredible size of the opportunity (measured in either
lives or dollars) makes it worthwhile to directly support
groundbreaking research and to encourage others to do likewise.
We are developing some of the enabling technology for this
field, and think Rob’s work can help us open a dialog
with the medical researchers who will actually make these
devices.”
Freitas
said, “I’m delighted that Zyvex has decided to
support the completion of Nanomedicine, and proud to be part
of the Zyvex team. Many people have made it possible for me
to get this far, and I sincerely thank them all. I’ve
also been amazed at the rapid growth of interest in all the
applications of nanotechnology. Public awareness of nanotechnology
has really taken off since Clinton's announcement of the National
Nanotechnology Initiative. The technical progress in just
the last few years has seized people’s imaginations
and will stimulate even more interest and progress in the
future. This makes completing Nanomedicine both more enjoyable
and more valuable.”
Medical
applications of nanotechnology could eventually make possible
subcellular medical nanorobots able to hunt down and kill
cancer cells, clear out clogged arteries, provide oxygen during
a heart attack, attack and destroy invading bacteria and viruses
or even reverse the damage caused by aging.
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