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

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