Roles of Nanotechnology in Diagnosis and Treatment of Tuberculosis

Abstract

Nanotechnology has been believed for many years ago to offer new methods for both diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis which is globally infectious disease burden in many countries, especially in developing and under-developing countries. Nanotechnological diagnosis of tuberculosis is expected to cost cheaper than many currently available diagnostic tools. Many researches are currently ongoing in the field of synthetic carriers for antituberculosis chemotherapy both oral and inhaled routes while the potentially curative drugs are available for over 50 years.