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Nanotechnology for Health: Innovative Designs for Medical Diagnosis
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Overview

Duration

4 weeks

Total fee

2,763

Mode of learning

Online

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Nanotechnology for Health: Innovative Designs for Medical Diagnosis
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Highlights

  • Duration 4 weeks
  • Weekly study 3 hours
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Nanotechnology for Health: Innovative Designs for Medical Diagnosis
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More about this course
  • Nanotechnology is used to control and manipulate nanometer-sized matter with nanometer precision. This can be atoms, molecules, or larger biological structures such as DNA or living cells.
  • On this course, you'll explore the potential of nanotechnology products in medical applications, to create new devices that can be used to diagnose a disease or monitor a medical treatment.
  • You'll also consider the ethical impact of new medical nanotechnology and what societal behaviour might be affected by them.

Nanotechnology for Health: Innovative Designs for Medical Diagnosis
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Curriculum

Introduction to Nanotechnology and Health

Introduction to Nanotechnology

Medical diagnostics

Cleanroom technology

High Tech, Human Touch

Nano and breath: Electronic nose

Breath analysis

The basics of the electronic nose

Technology of cantilevers

Cleanroom technology

Beyond the technology

Nano and blood: Lab-on-a-chip

What's in your blood?

A lab-on-a-chip for blood analysis

Chip design

Cleanroom Technology

From bench to business

Nano and urine: Cancer detection

What's in your urine?

Detecting cancer in your urine

Cleanroom technology

Future applications

Early diagnostics: the promise of nanotechnology

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