Importance of the Technology

The Technology in Brief

• Material Technologies
• Engineering and Fabrication Technologies
• Top-Down Approaches
• Bottom-Up Approaches
• Analytical and Characterization Methods

Commercial Development Parameters

• Demand Factors
  • Life-Sciences Applications
  • Industrial Applications
• General Constraints
• Synergistic Technologies
• Competing Technologies
• Required Resources
• Regulatory Factors
  • United States
  • European Union
  • Asia

Areas to Monitor

• Bioelectronics
• Bioprinting
• Biomimetics
• CRISPR
• Defense Research
• Health and Safety Frameworks
• "Free" Resources
• Human Augmentation
• Hype
• Molecular Self-Assembly
• Nanodiagnostics
• Nanomedicine
• Nanotoxicology
• Standards
• Theranostics
• Tissue Engineering
• Weak Links in Science and Technology

Implications of Commercialization

• Possible Futures
• Outcome A: An Era of Science and Technology Innovation
• Outcome B: The Strategic Means to Accomplish National Economic‑Policy Objectives
• Outcome C: New Capabilities, New Products, and New Markets
• Outcome D: A Disruptive Force with Considerable Risk and Uncertainty
• Consequences of Change

Opportunities

• Pharmaceutical Research and Development
  • Industry Structure
  • Commercial Opportunities
• Medical Diagnostics
  • Industry Structure
  • Commercial Opportunities
• Medical Materials
  • Industry Structure
  • Commercial Opportunities
• Implantable Medical Devices
  • Industry Structure
  • Commercial Opportunities
• Cosmetics and Personal Care
  • Industry Structure
  • Commercial Opportunities
• Consumer Products
  • Industry Structure
  • Commercial Opportunities
• Biothreat Detection and Prevention
  • Industry Structure
  • Commercial Opportunities

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