Here’s a compelling article about Bionanotech in medicine from Fast Compan.

This is really the basis for muscle and skin grafting of vat-grown, non-humanoid skin. Think of the skin like a lined coat, the outside is the pattern the inside keeps it from snagging on your clothes. For this the outside is a synthetic designer skin, then a thin layer of human cells underneath to reconnect via molecular reconstruction.  The muscle grafts work the same way.

“Materials scientists were early to the evolving universe of nanotechnology, which involves manipulating materials on an atomic scale to produce molecular structures that can’t be achieved with traditional manufacturing techniques. Nanotechnology, in turn, gave rise to molecular self-assembly, where researchers create molecules programmed with instructions that allow them to join together into complex structures.”

What if he could inject the nanomolecules into the bloodstream so they could serve as microscopic vehicles to deliver therapeutic compounds? Even better, what if he could modify the nanomolecules so that they would attract the body’s own healing compounds to an injured area, kick-starting the repair process without introducing any foreign cells at all?