Ethics of nanomedicine

In my lecture, I discussed the following:

• Nanomedicine can be applied in drug delivery, diagnostics and pharmaceutical research
• Converging with other emerging technologies, nanomedicine enables digital twins, organ on chip and wearables monitoring vital signs
• Introducing nanomaterials in the body raises nanosafety issues
• Nanomedicine raises ethical issues related to freedom, equality, data protection and biosecurity, and may impact on the healthcare system. Nanomedicine may enable human enhancement, raising ethical and religious concerns
• Researchers should contribute to Responsible Research and Innovation through different case-dependent strategies. The principles inclusiveness, anticipation, openness and responsiveness are leading

The presentation is available at the VIMEO account of RiskGONE and included on the google drive of the VISION project under "Courses 2022." The preparation of the course was supported by the EU Horizon 2020 programme in the framework of the RiskGONE project (grant agreement no. 814425.