The document discusses the opportunities and promises of nanobiotechnology. It describes potential applications of nanotechnology in various fields like food industry, food packaging, water purification, diagnosis and treatment. It provides examples of nanobots that could be used for targeted drug delivery and repairing damaged cells. The document also mentions recent research on developing nanobots that can clean toxins from blood and cell-sized nanobots that could monitor environments. In conclusion, it discusses some studies showing potential of nanobots in cancer treatment.

1. Opportunities and promises of
Nanobiotechnology.
Central University of Haryana
Presented by-
VIKASH

2. This could be the future of
nanotechnology.
Source ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm5gFxLODAk

3. Today’s science fiction
can become tomorrow’s
reality.
Source; adapted from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBNwPNS9XCQ&t=120s

4. Applications in;
❖ Nanotechnology in the food industry
❖ Nanotechnology in food packaging
❖ Nanotechnology in water purification and environment
❖ Nanotechnology in diagnosis & treatment

5. Nanobots
Nanobots are robots that carry out a very specific function and are ~50–100 nm wide.
For ex; Special sensor nanobots can be inserted into the blood under the skin where microchips,
coated with human molecules and designed to emit an electrical impulse signal, monitor the sugar
level in the blood.
Nanomedicine could make use of these nanorobots (e.g.,
Computational Genes), introduced into the body, to repair or
detect damages and infections.
https://www.azonano.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=5274

6. Using nanotechnology, the drug can be targeted to a precise location which would make
the drug much more effective and reduce the chances of possible side effects.
In the future, these nanorobots could actually be programmed to repair specific diseased
cells, functioning in a similar way to antibodies in our natural healing processes.

7. Recent findings;
Researchers at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) have developed nanobots capable of
cleaning the blood of toxins generated by bacteria.
These nanorobots are about 25 times smaller than the width of a human hair .
https://www.prescouter.com/2018/09/nanobots-2018-recent-
advances-shaping-future-research/
It is made from a combination of natural red blood cell and platelet
membranes and artificial Goldwire.
They can be controlled by ultrasound which eliminates the need of
battery during propulsion, while still experimental early tests have proved
successful with nanobots treated blood containing three times less toxin
and bacteria than untreated blood.

8. Cell-sized robots:
Nanobots developed by MIT researchers in 2018 are so small and
light that they could float in the air.
This nanotechnology was made possible by linking 2D electronic
components to tiny particles measuring between one billionth and
one-millionth of a meter. The final result is a robot no bigger than
an ovum or a grain of sand.
As for the usefulness of these nanobots, the researchers plan to
send them on missions in hard-to-reach places to monitor
environments such as pipelines and the human digestive system.
This microscopic spy can be released into the entrance, allowed to flow through the course of the pipe,
and then recovered at the exit. Once harvested, the information collected by its sensors, such as the
spatiotemporal concentration of certain chemical substances like enzymes and hormones, can be
downloaded and then analyzed.

9. Arizona State University and the National Centre for nanoscience and technology of
the Chinese Academy of Injected nanobots made from folded sheets of DNA into the
bloodstream Of mice.
Recent findings;
https://www.nutraingredients.
com/Article/2020/02/17/Poop-
eating-lab-mice-affect-probiotic-
research-outcomes-says-study

11. 3 out of 8 showed that complete regression of tumors.
Median survival time more than double avg to 21 days to
45 days.

12. References
https://biodesign.asu.edu/news/cancer-fighting-nanorobots-programmed-seek-and-destroy-tumors
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/nanobots
https://www.prescouter.com/2018/09/nanobots-2018-recent-advances-shaping-future-research/
https://www.nature.com/articles/
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