Dendrimers, a type of nanoparticle, delivers steroid therapy directly to damage-causing cells associated with neuroinflammation, implicated in age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa.

Canadian team employs nanotechnology and a tiny remote-controlled magnetic sphere to deliver cancer-fighting drugs directly to the target sites.

University of Texas (US) team submits that natural substances engineered to be on the order of one billionth of a meter in size hold promising potential as anti-cancer therapies.

UCLA (US) researchers develop mesoporous silica nanoparticles with the capacity to carry and deliver drugs to tumors.

Columbia University (USA) team devises a molecular robot capable of moving along a DNA strand, farther and faster than previously developed DNA walking nanobots.

California Institute of Technology (US) team  designs nanoparticle robots that travel the bloodstream and deliver therapy to combat cancerous growths.

Washington University (US) scientists successfully deploy a novel photothermal treatment of tumors.

Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US) researchers build targeted  nanoparticles with ability to cling to artery walls and release medicine slowly.

Yale University (USA) researchers develop miniature nanosensors capable of detecting cancers via a blood sample, in as little as 20 minutes.

Tiny silicon chip detects C-Reactive Protein in as little as three minutes.