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- Title
A historical perspective on convergence technology.
- Authors
Patton, John S.
- Abstract
The article discusses several developments in the field of life sciences and medicine that resulted to convergence of technologies in the U.S. A research on the application of cloned neuroproteins on the brain through blood brain barriers is still in progress at Genentech Inc. An inhaled insulin, a product of different technologies and talented experts was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The microchip with nanosized feature was considered useless in pharmaceutical application.
- Subjects
UNITED States; TECHNOLOGICAL innovations; LIFE sciences; MEDICINE; GENETIC engineering; GENENTECH Inc.; INSULIN; PHARMACEUTICAL industry
- Publication
Nature Biotechnology, 2006, Vol 24, Issue 3, p280
- ISSN
1087-0156
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nbt0306-280