Cutting-edge nanotech devices could fight disease from inside the body; small-scale research with host of applications draws $1.2b in investments in '08.

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Cutting-edge nanotech devices could fight disease from inside the body; small-scale research with host of applications draws $1.2b in investments in '08.

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It's the stuff of science fiction novels, with "smart motherships" patrolling the body for diseased cells and "nanoworms" sneaking unnoticed through the bloodstream.

But nanotechnology--the science and technology of making and manipulating materials at the tiniest of scales--could one day p...

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