Researchers have created nanodevices made of DNA that self-assemble and can be programmed to move and change shape on demand. In contrast to existing nanotechnologies, these programmable nanodevices are highly suitable for medical applications because DNA is both biocompatible and biodegradable. A team...

It sounds more like science fiction than science fact - but scientists have discovered a way to blow up cancer cells from the inside using nanoparticles and lasers. Researchers at Rice University in Houston, Texas have developed a method for pinpointing and killing diseased cells by triggering explosions...

UC San Diego reports that at team of scientists have arrested and shrunk a tumour in a mouse by combining two different nanomaterials. In their study, the UC San Diego chemists, bioengineers at MIT and cell biologists at UC Santa Barbara developed a system containing nanomaterials the size of only a...

While nanotechnology still has some way to go before it is used to treat cancer patients, new research is starting to give an insight into how it might be applied in years to come. A good example is work being carried out at the Northeastern University Electronic Materials Research Institute (eMRI),...