Nanobiotechnology in health sciences: Current applications and future perspectives

Nanobiotechnology is the discipline in which nanoscale tools are developed and applied to study biological sciences. It has evolved as increasingly significant frontier of various key areas especially healthcare in both diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Nanobiotechnology presents immense potential for evolving biological science thereby facilitating healthcare services all over the world. Several innovative nanodevices and nano particles are likely to be applied in near future having beneficial impact on human health. Nanotechnology in health sciences is still practically at initial stages. Execution of nanotechnology in life sciences means that the devices and mechanisms are designed efficient enough that have ability to interact with cellular/sub-cellular level with maximum efficiency and specificity. Therefore, high degree of therapeutic efficiency can possibly be attained with minimum or no side effects, by tissue/cell specific targeted interventions and/or therapy. More random trials and detailed researches are required to apply nanobiotechnology to humane models with success. This is an in-depth review of applications of nanobiotechnology i.e. diagnostic and therapeutic, with limitations, principles, challenges and future prospects of nanotechnology in health science are discussed.