SILVER SPRING, Md., June 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Along with flying saucers and space aliens, nanotechnology used to be considered science fictionlike in the 60’s movie “Fantastic Voyage” or “Innerspace” in 1987. But 50 years later, nanotechnology is a scientific fact, and federal regulators are laying the groundwork for monitoring a new generation of products.
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