Medical Applications-3
8) Their excellent properties as lubricants, could also make them useful to insert into damaged joints where natural lubrication has eroded.
9) They are in use as a coating for a special type of lung x-ray.
10) Methods are being developed to utilize them as filters in areas such as organ transplants.
11)C60 is being developed by many different programs to treat a wide variety of medical concerns. One company, alone, currently lists seven significant medical uses.(a)C60 photo therapy for cancer(b)HIV treatments (c)use as antibodies d)use in treatment of diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s or Lou Gehrig’s Disease. (d) designing C60 to reach specific tissues, for example to “highlight” certain tissues or organs during x-rays (bones, liver etc.), or to deliver drugs or treatments to specific areas. (e) improved materials for x-rays (f)drugs specific for treatment of osteoporosis (g)coronary applications such as stents or replacement of damaged valves.
12) Buckytubes have been found to be a possible replacement for any narrow “tube-like” part of the body-------i.e.: veins, neurons, muscle.
13) Weighing viruses, possibly to help identify their properties, is now also possible.