The purpose of the project, Nanotechnology for Cancer Therapy, was to inform the general public about the development of newly engineered technologies at the nano level for use toward cancer therapy. Specifically, the project explores the application of nano particles to effectively treat tumor cells caused by cancer. Unlike current medical treatments which often affect the whole body, nano particles are designed to only interact with the parts of the body affected by cancer. This breakthrough is due to the small size of the particles which are able to be transferred into leaky blood vessels to destroy the tumor cells while at the same time being unable to diffuse easily back out into the bloodstream. As a benefit, this process ensures that tumor cells, not body cells, are the only cells affected by the treatment. However, the possibility for trans-location of the nano particles to other healthy parts of the body still exists, making this type of cancer therapy not completely reliable to use.