Role of Nanostructured Materials in Health and Medicine

Abstract

In the recent times, nanotechnology has been the most explored and extensively studied area. With the application of nanotechnology, many devices were devised at a lightning speed, which were earlier impossible to imagine. Nanotechnology offers multiple benefits in treating chronic human diseases by site-specific and target-oriented delivery of precise medicines. This chapter describes the importance of nanoparticle-based devices like nanotubes, quantum dots, carbon nanotubes, dendrimers, etc. and their applications for the treatment of several diseases. Applications of nanoparticles in drug delivery, tuberculosis treatment, and cancer therapy are also explained in this chapter. Nanomedicines can also be used to detect diseases at much earlier stages.