Martis Elvis A.,* Badve Rewa R., Degwekar Mukta D.

¹Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, V.E.S. College of Pharmacy, Chembur [E], Mumbai, India, 400074

Email: elvis_martis@yahoo.co.in

ABSTRACT:

Nanotechnology has been the most explored and extensively studied area. Many devices which were impossible to imagine without application of nanotechnology, are being developed at a very lightening speed to overcome the challenges offered by the most dreaded diseases, namely cancer, making the treatment more target specific and minimizing the toxicities. This poster shall describes a handful of most important devices and applications based on nanotechnology in medicine made in recent times. This poster also shall describes in brief the regulatory concerns and the ethical issues pertaining to nanomedical devices.

KEYWORDS: Nanotechnology, Nanotubes, Nanosuspensions, Nanosensors.