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GARCIA DELGADO, Beatriz Moraima; DESDIN GARCIA, Luis Felipe; FERREIRA GASPAR AMARAL, Luciene  e  FERREIRA SOARES, Thais Talita. Generation of knowledge and health technologies: carbon nano-onions. Rev. cuba. inf. cienc. salud [online]. 2016, vol.27, n.1, pp.4-18. ISSN 2307-2113.

Knowledge has an important role in new developments, especially in those related to emerging technologies. This article aims at generating and managing knowledge, in order to respond to the needs that appear in the different stages of the life cycle of the project of I+D+i: carbon nano-onions, and especially its possible use in the field of health. The methodology for the generation and management of knowledge was used, together with patent documents as source of information. The results obtained from processing the retrieved information are shown, the innovative activity related to the CNOs is observed, and the results related to health technologies are analyzed. The knowledge resulting from this research has been decisive to define the specific objectives of the project. In particular, it was concluded that nano-onions, for its size and structure, have great analogy with certain viruses, so they could be used as probes to study the immune system. Furthermore, it was shown that their fluorescent properties make this nano-structure a promising candidate nanostructure to be used in in vitro diagnostic kits for a variety of diseases.

Palavras-chave : generation of knowledge; patents; projects of I+D+I; methodologies; carbon nano-onions.