Nanotechnology, creeping into almost all fields of science is now showing its magical powers at the service of the soldiers. Injured at the battle fields, most soldiers have remote chances to avail immediate medical assistance, mostly because of their inability to be carried to difficult terrains.
So, now nanotechnology has gifted the war-zones with ‘easily supply-able’ super-small nanoparticle-painkillers that can be delivered to injured soldiers - thanks to a team of impertinent University of Michigan-researchers. For the cause, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has granted them with a $1.3 million grant for conducting the study.
The researchers are up with arms developing tiny painkiller-bearing particles, which can be injected into injured soldiers’ comrades or even injured soldiers themselves on the battlefield straightaway.
To inject it, a pen-like device will be used which would provide both safe as well as, importantly, effective pain relief especially when no immediate expert medical help can be extended to a wounded soldier.
Research team leader James R. Baker Jr. said,
This proposal provides an approach to achieve sustained, safe pain control on the battlefield.
Since, painkiller-morphine can cause breathing problems and needs careful monitoring, the new application of nanotechnology will thus, importantly, be used in controlling the morphine’s release over extended periods.
Soldiers, get ready for a nanoparticle-injection before heading for the battlefield in the near-future.
