Although progress in the application of nanotechnology ... drug delivery has been dramatic and successful, as evidenced by some nanodrugs now on the market, several main challenges remain in this ...

A global survey of companies pursuing 'nanomedicine' indicates that nanotechnology is taking ... of nanomaterials meet important medical needs. In drug delivery, the ability of nanoparticles ...

The medical ... delivery of the drug payload into the brain. However, crossing the blood-brain barrier – the brains protective shield – is a considerable challenge. With the help of special ...

A team of University of Melbourne researchers from the Caruso Nanoengineering Group has created an innovative drug delivery system with outstanding potential to improve drug development.

Nanotechnology ... medical therapies. The therapeutic applications of nanomaterials are illustrated in Fig. 1 for four main types of material. Nanoparticles are well suited for targeted drug ...

However, in medical nanotechnology ... such as targeted drug delivery in the human body or manipulating molecules in industrial processes. Nanobots work by using the principles of nanotechnology. They ...

At the microscale, modular robots could enable applications like targeted drug delivery and autonomous ... add sensors already available in the DNA nanotechnology literature to the robots to ...

Polymeric nanocarriers can be categorized based on three drug-incorporation mechanisms ... of substances by applying an external magnetic field. The main benefits of superparamagnetic NPs over ...