X-Message-Number: 12857 From: "Phil Rhoades" <> Subject: A question for the immunologists Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 15:55:02 -0000 Hi all, >Eric K. Drexler, PhD > >Title: The Conservative Treatment of Transient Inviability >or Your computer crashed -- shall I throw it out? > >Emerging nanotechnologies will lead to cellular-scale robotic surgical >devices able to sense and repair tissues with molecular precision. Those of Does anyone have any idea how these nano-bots made out of carbon and iron etc will be treated by the body's immunological defenses? Will they cause allergic reactions? If they are attacked and coated by biological molecules - will they be able to clean themselves or just rely on their numbers to get the job done? R&LL, Phil. Philip Rhoades Pricom Pty Limited (ACN 003 252 275) GPO Box 3411 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia Mobile: +61:0411-185-652 Fax: +61:2:9929-5312 E-mail: Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=12857