Nanomedicine is a branch of medicine that applies the knowledge and tools of nanotechnology to the prevention and treatment of disease. Nanomedicine involves the use of nanoscale materials, such as biocompatible nanoparticles and nanorobots, for diagnosis, delivery, sensing or actuation purposes in a living organism.Nanomedicine, the application of nanotechnology to treatment and prevention of diseases, is an emerging form of drug therapy that utilizes nanomaterials as drug carriers for enhancing treatment efficacy while reducing detrimental side effects to normal tissues.

The most clinically advanced RNA medicine—Patisiran—is enabled by lipid nanoparticle (LNP) technology. Commonly, nanomedicines consist of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) such as small molecules or biologics packaged into nano-sized carriers made of excipients like lipids and polymers.In fact, Nanomedicine can be traced back to the use of colloidal gold in ancient times [6,7], but Metchnikov and Ehrlich (Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1908) are the modern pioneers of nanomedicine for their works on phagocytosis [8] resp. cell-specific diagnostic and therapy [9]

Nanotechnology is being used in developing countries to help treat disease and prevent health issues. ... In industry, applications may include construction materials, military goods, and nano-machining of nano-wires, nano-rods, few layers of graphene, etc.