Cancer

Cancer Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology has the potential to completely change how we analyze and treat cancer. Although scientists and engineers have only recently (ca. 1980's) developed the capability to industrialize technologies at this scale, there has been good development in translating Nano-based cancer therapies and diagnostics into the clinic and numerous more are in development.

Nanotechnology is the claim of materials, functionalized structures, devices, or systems at the atomic, molecular, or macromolecular scales. At these length scales, about the 1-100 nanometer range as defined by the U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) , exclusive and specific physical properties of matter exist, which can be eagerly manipulated for a desired application or effect. Furthermore, Nano scale structure can be used as individual entities or unified into larger material components, systems, and architectures.