A team of scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore has developed nanocapsules a special type of material that has the ability to deliver drugs to individual cell of human body depending on its needs. These nanocapsules have a great application in cancer treatment as they can deliver drugs right inside a cancerous cell in the body with the help of physiological cues present inside the body allowing target specific delivery. This system may possibly put an end to one of the major problems in cancer treatment death of healthy cells. Prof Ashok M Raichur Dipshikha Chakravortty and
