Editing Molecular nanotechnology (section)

===Medical nanorobots===

One of the most important applications of MNT would be medical [[nanorobotics]] or [[nanomedicine]], an area pioneered by [[Robert Freitas]] in numerous books<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nanomedicine.com |title=NanomedicineBookSite |publisher=Nanomedicine.com |access-date=2010-09-05}}</ref> and papers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rfreitas.com/NanoPubls.htm |title=NanoPubls |publisher=Rfreitas.com |access-date=2010-09-05}}</ref>  The ability to design, build, and deploy large numbers of medical nanorobots would, at a minimum, make possible the rapid elimination of disease and the reliable and relatively painless recovery from physical trauma.  Medical nanorobots might also make possible the convenient correction of genetic defects, and help to ensure a greatly expanded lifespan.  More controversially, medical nanorobots might be used to [[Human enhancement|augment natural human capabilities]]. One study has reported on how conditions like tumors, [[arteriosclerosis]], [[blood clots]] leading to stroke, accumulation of scar tissue and localized pockets of infection can possibly be addressed by employing medical nanorobots.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foresight.org/Conferences/MNT8/Papers/Rubinstein/|title=NanoRobot for Treatment of Various Medical Problems|website=foresight.org|access-date=2017-09-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Saadeh|first1=Yamaan|last2=Vyas|first2=Dinesh|date=June 2014|title=Nanorobotic Applications in Medicine: Current Proposals and Designs|journal=American Journal of Robotic Surgery|volume=1|issue=1|pages=4–11|doi=10.1166/ajrs.2014.1010|issn=2374-0612|pmc=4562685|pmid=26361635}}</ref>