| Oct 05, 2011 | |
ISO releases Nanotechnology Vocabulary Part 7: Diagnostics and therapeutics for healthcare |
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| (Nanowerk News) The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has released ISO/TS 80004-7:2011 which is applicable to the use of nanotechnologies in medical diagnostics and therapeutics. | |
| Terms relating to the applications of nanotechnology in healthcare might also be addressed in other parts of ISO/TS 80004 and in other documents. | |
| Terms relating to the exploitation of material features at the nanoscale for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes in relation to human disease come within the scope of ISO/TS 80004-7:2011. Nanoscale properties can be embodied in materials that contain nanoscale elements, or are themselves of nanoscale dimensions. | |
| ISO/TS 80004-7:2011 provides consistent and unambiguous use of terms for healthcare professionals, manufacturers, consumers, technologists, patent agents, regulators, NGOs, and researchers, etc. |
| Source: ISO |
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