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When some of us heard David Friedman at the Libertarian Alliance Conference a few months ago talking about his new book "Future Imperfect: Technology and Freedom in an Uncertain World" he wowed us with the possibility that nano-machines capable of fixing significant internal illnesses would be available within a few years. I wonder if this is quicker than even he expected:
Tiny submarines which can be injected into the blood to deliver cancer drugs straight to tumours have been developed by scientists. [From Tiny submarines 'can deliver cancer drugs straight to tumours' - Telegraph]
Apparently they use all natural materials that occur in the human body so that the immune system will not reject them and are a hundred times smaller than body cells themselves. Fantastic stuff. Presumably the possibility of things like routine cleaning out of the vascular system and so on come into play too.
Publications referred to in this story, which if you buy them via this link will earn me some money:
"Future Imperfect: Technology and Freedom in an Uncertain World" (David D. Friedman)
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