Nanomedicine uses nanotechnology to perform medicine at an extremely small scale, working with particles so tiny that 5,000 could fit on a single human hair. This allows for more accurate diagnosis of diseases and more efficient delivery of drugs. Nanomedicine can also use nanostructures to repair tissues and organs. Most current nanomedicine products are drug delivery systems using nanoparticles to efficiently deliver drugs. The future holds nanoparticles that are themselves therapeutic agents. Overall, nanomedicine aims to improve treatments for diseases like cancer, diabetes, and neurodegenerative disorders.

1. Nanomedicine
Cindy Sigamoney

2. Lesson Objectives
1. Learn about nanomedicine
2. Explore new vocabulary about nanomedicine
3. Fun Project: record an audio clip

3. 1. Click on the video and write down. What comes to mind.
Warm up questions. Please write your answers in your notebooks we
will have a discussion in class about it.
3. What do you think nanomedicine is?
4. If you could design this technology which disease would you target? Why?
2. Have you heard of nanomedicine?

4. English Chinese
1. Nanomedicine ___________
2. Itsy-bitsy ___________
3. Nanometer ___________
4. Particles ___________
5. Accuracy ___________
6. Diagnosis ___________
7. Efficiently ___________
8. Imagery ___________
9. Regenerative ___________
10. Nano structures ___________
11. Nanoparticles ___________
12. Side-effects ___________
13. Revolutionary ___________
14. Intrinsic ___________
15. Therapeutic efficacy ___________
16. Neurodegenerative ___________
17. Regulatory ___________
Before we begin,
1. Find the definitions
2. Write them in Chinese.

5. Nanomedicine sound like rocket science? Allow
me to explain nano in math. It means 10 to the
negative ninth power, in plain words that means
itsy-bitsy. By using new improved properties of
materials at the nanometer scale nano medicine is
medicine performed at an extremely small level
working with particles that are so tiny you could fit
5000 of them around a single human hair. The fact
that we can now see and work with such small
particles means a lot for the future of medicine. In
many ways, it gives doctors like me the potential to
detect diseases earlier and increase the accuracy of
their diagnosis. Diagnostic information can be
delivered more quickly and cost efficiently, and
advanced imagery tools can be developed to see the
body better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VcNpl8-PRI
1. First read the text.
2. Play the video
3. Answer the questions that
follow

6. We can also make great advances in regenerative
medicine by using appropriate nano structures to
repair human cells tissues, skin, bones or organs and
get them back in working order. Most nano medicine
products that are already available are drug delivery
systems where nanoparticles carry and deliver
drugs to specific parts of the body more efficiently.
This process is controlled so accurately that
compared with standard medicine side-effects are
reduced and treatment effectiveness and patient
safety are increased.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VcNpl8-PRI
1. First read the text.
2. Play the video
3. Answer the questions
that follow

7. A more revolutionary development in nano medicine is
nanoparticles with intrinsic therapeutic efficacy these
particles aren't a vehicle for targeted drug delivery anymore
but instead they're the principal active element that will
provide completely new ways to treat patients. Overall,
nano medicine can be used to improve the treatments of
several diseases like cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular a
neurodegenerative disease. For the benefit of patience as
with any other drugs or medical products nanomedicine
products are thoroughly tested in the lab and in real
conditions before being approved by official regulatory
bodies and prescribed to patient nano medicine means the
future of medicine is really small and very bright.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VcNpl8-PRI
1. First read the text.
2. Play the video
3. Answer the questions
that follow

8. Checking for comprehension
1. Explain nano in math.
______________________________________________________________________________
2. How many can fit on to a single strand of hair?
______________________________________________________________________________
3. What is the importance of detecting disease early?
______________________________________________________________________________
4. What are nanoparticle able to do these days?
______________________________________________________________________________
5. Which diseases can nano medicine improve treatment to?
______________________________________________________________________________
6. How does the future of medicine look?
______________________________________________________________________________

9. Re-arrange the letters for the
correct spelling
1. cNaoenmdiine ________________________
2. bytsy-its ________________________
3. ronatnmee ________________________
4. Psarctile ________________________
5. caycurac ________________________
6. sdiaognis ________________________
7. Eyfficilent ________________________
8. iymrage ________________________
9. rarevgeniete ________________________
10. nona sstctureru ________________________

10. Assignment: record this as an audio clip of the video and send it you me on WeChat. You could
rap, sing or just read it. I will focus on correct pauses, syllable stress, pronunciation and
intonation. Please use your English names. Have fun recording  thank you !!!
Nanomedicine sound like rocket science, allow me to explain nano in math. It means 10 to the negative ninth power in
plain words that means itsy-bitsy. By using new improved properties of materials at the nanometer scale nano medicine is
medicine performed at an extremely small level working with particles that are so tiny you could fit 5000 of them around a
single human hair. The fact that we can now see and work with such small particles means a lot for the future of medicine.
In many ways it gives doctors like me the potential to detect diseases earlier and increase the accuracy of their diagnosis.
Diagnostic information can be delivered more quickly and cost efficiently, and advanced imagery tools can be developed
to see the body better. We can also make great advances in regenerative medicine by using appropriate nano structures to
repair human cells tissues, skin, bones or organs and get them back in working order. Most nano medicine products that are
already available are drug delivery systems where nanoparticles carry and deliver drugs to specific parts of the body more
efficiently. This process is controlled so accurately that compared with standard medicine side-effects are reduced and
treatment effectiveness and patient safety are increased. A more revolutionary development in nano medicine is
nanoparticles with intrinsic therapeutic efficacy these particles aren't a vehicle for targeted drug delivery anymore but
instead they're the principal active element that will provide completely new ways to treat patients overall. Nano medicine
can be used to improve the treatments of several diseases like cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular a neurodegenerative disease.
For the benefit of patience as with any other drugs or medical products nanomedicine products are thoroughly tested in the
lab and in real conditions before being approved by official regulatory bodies and prescribed to patient nano medicine
means the future of medicine is really small and very bright.

11. 1. Nanomedicine
2. Itsy-bitsy
3. Nanometer
4. Particles
5. Accuracy
6. Diagnosis
7. Efficiently
8. Imagery
9. Regenerative
10. Nano structures
11. Nanoparticles
12. Side-effects
13. Revolutionary
14. Intrinsic
15. Therapeutic efficacy
16. Neurodegenerative
17. Regulatory
a. Nanomedicine is defined as the medical application of nanotechnology
b. very small/tiny
c. one billionth of a meter
d. a minute portion of matter.
e. being correct or precise
f. the identification of the nature of an illness
g. in a way that achieves maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort
h. visually descriptive
i. characterized by regeneration
j. size between microscopic and molecular structures
k. a nanoscale particle
l. typically undesirable effect
m. causing a complete or dramatic change
n. Essential
o. efficacy is the capacity for beneficial change or therapeutic effect
p. resulting in or characterized by degeneration of the nervous system
q. serving or intended to regulate something
Answers for the vocabulary

12. Checking for comprehension : Answers
◦ Explain nano in math.
It means 10 to the negative ninth power
◦ How many can fit on to a single strand of hair?
5000
◦ What is the importance of detecting disease early?
It can increase accurate diagnosis
◦ What are nanoparticle able to do these days?
Deliver drugs to specific parts of the body.
◦ Which diseases can nano medicine improve treatment to?
Nano medicine can improve treatment to diseases like cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular a neurodegenerative disease.
◦ How does the future of medicine look?
It looks small but bright

13. 1. cNaoenmdiine
2. bytsy-its
3. ronatnmee
4. psarctile
5. caycurac
6. sdiaognis
7. Eyfficilent
8. iymrage
9. rarevgeniete
10. nona sstctureru
1. Nanomedicine
2. itsy-bitsy
3. nanometer
4. particles
5. accuracy
6. diagnosis
7. Efficiently
8. imagery
9. regenerative
10. nano structures
Answers- Re-arrange the letters for the correct spelling

14. THANK YOU AND HOPE
TO SEE YOU SOON.