Nanotechnology, "the manufacturing technology of the 21st century," encompasses precision engineering as well as mainstream biomedical applications in areas as diverse as gene therapy, drug delivery and novel drug discovery techniques.
A nanometre is a billionth of a metre, approximately 1/80,000 of the diameter of a human hair, or 10 times the diameter of a hydrogen atom.
This timeline entry suggestion courtesy of
Robert Williams MRSC.



Further info :

Nanotechnology and Medicine
http://www.zyvex.com/nanotech/nanotechAndMedicine.html

Unbounding the Future:
the Nanotechnology Revolution
http://www.foresight.org/UTF/Unbound_LBW/index.html

The Institute of Nanotechnology
http://www.nano.org.uk/

Scientic American -Nanotechnology
http://www.sciam.com/nanotech_directory.cfm