Cancer Nanotechnology: Going Small for Big Advances

Download or read book Cancer Nanotechnology: Going Small for Big Advances written by Barry Leonard and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To help meet the goal of eliminating death and suffering from cancer by 2015, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) is engaged in efforts to harness the power of nanotechnology to radically change the way we diagnose, image, and treat cancer. Already, NCI programs have supported research on novel nanodevices capable of one or more clinically important functions, including detecting cancer at its earliest stages, pinpointing its location within the body, delivering anticancer drugs specifically to malignant cells, and determining if these drugs are killing malignant cells. This report highlights some of the significant advances that have already occurred from bridging the interface between modern molecular biology and nanotechnology. Illus.