OICC Press International Nano Letters 2228-5326 4 1 (March 2014) 2014 02 20 Nanomedicine and drug delivery: a mini review 10.1007/s40089-014-0094-7 EN Agha Zeeshan Mirza Department of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi, 75270, PK Farhan Ahmed Siddiqui Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Karachi, 75300, PK Journal Article 2014 02 20 Abstract The field of nanotechnology now has pivotal roles in electronics, biology and medicine. Its application can be appraised, as it involves the materials to be designed at atomic and molecular level. Due to the advantage of their size, nanospheres have been shown to be robust drug delivery systems and may be useful for encapsulating drugs and enabling more precise targeting with a controlled release. In this review specifically, we highlight the recent advances of this technology for medicine and drug delivery systems.