Once again the modern technology available to us today that just simply wasn't 20 years ago...or 10...or heck 18 months ago is remarkable.

Cancer researchers believe that further engineering the shape or surface properties of nanoparticles can enable the particles to actively target tumors, and thereby maximize their diagnostic or therapeutic function at the cancer site, while minimizing collateral damage to healthy tissue

This is merely the beginning, for this early nanotech being tested is for better, more targeted deployment of current medicines.

"We're not trying to re-invent every aspect of the science," said Seth Feuerstein, president of Carigent Therapeutics in New Haven, Conn. "We focus on delivering current drugs better, and we're also working with companies whose drugs haven't yet been approved, to help make them more effective."

It may remain primarily a deployment mechanism, but even so this could be a harbinger of the end of chemotherapy.  I know two people in chemo right now and for medical science to be creating the technology to avoid that fate is welcome news.

My opinion, and it is only that, is nanotech will become one of the most useful tools available when treating cancer.