Institute of Nano Medical Science

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Institute of Nano Medical Sciences (INMS)
Faculty of Medical Sciences
University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Email: office@inms.du.ac.in

University of Delhi has taken a conscious decision by establishing “Institute of Nano Medical Sciences (INMS)” to achieve this objective and play pioneering role in the development of Nanomedicine and finally “in-body hospital" to solve global human health problems. Nanomedicine is a weapon that can be used to combat a variety of challenges, including chronic diseases, cancer, aging and neurological disorders. One of the cornerstones of our goal to promote health, keep the world safe, and assist the vulnerable to be a role model in dealing with future health concerns and collaborating with the international community to give support for these important systems. Novel drug delivery methods and nanoscale screening tools will also soon assist astronauts planning missions to Mars and beyond, while the space laboratory will foster advances in nanotechnologies for diagnostic and therapeutic tools to help our patients here on Earth.

In the future, we will have a mini hospital inside our bodies, complete with medical and diagnostic tools that operate as nanomachines. The concept of an "in-body hospital" is a moonshot, a vision that might spark a wave of Nanomedicine advancements. It is a dream that we hope to realize by 2047, when India will be celebrating its centennial, the University of Delhi will be celebrating its quasquicentennial anniversary (125th year of its establishment) and INMS will be celebrating its Silver Jubilee. INMS' goal is to use nanomachines to heal the body from within. The creation of nanomachines that are spread throughout the human body and perform detection, diagnosis, and treatment while communicating wirelessly with doctors who monitor and direct treatment.

We have nanomachines made from organic compounds that circulate in the blood and accumulate at disease sites, such as cancer, and treat them, or a nanomachine that captures chemical information from a disease site and transports it to an implemented chip, where analysis is performed, and the information is transmitted to doctors outside the body. Nanocarrier – a Japanese business driving Nano-tech treatments for a variety of cancers, including those of the pancreas, lung, breast, stomach, head and neck – is developing polymer micelle nanocarriers for targeted medication and gene delivery. Nanomedicines can be magnetically or enzymatically propelled towards diseases sites within the body for site-specific treatment.

The fundamental goal of INMS' R&D effort is to create a hub of open innovation networks for smart health by bringing together medical researchers, engineers, and clinicians from Indian and International Universities, Government Institutes, companies, and chemical manufacturing industries. INMS research cooperation will be led and honored by the University of Delhi and will be co-located with other laboratories in the United States, Russia, and Europe.

INMS' core visions include human health, quality of life, and active sustainability, all of which are aimed at creating a future India in which nanotechnology, robotics, artificial intelligence, and data are used by government, industry, and civil society to create both economic development and solutions to existing social problems.

The concept of establishing INMS was established during the 6th world Congress of Nanomedicine (ICNSCON 2019), held in Vigyan Bhawan, Delhi, in January 2020. In that Conference, more than 1200 delegates from about 20 countries came together to discuss the key challenges in healthcare and brainstormed regarding the use of Nanomedicine to herald the next generation of clinical medicine and tools to effectively combat today’s healthcare challenges. This was followed up with Recent Advances in Nano Medical Sciences (RANMS 2022), another major conference organized in VP Chest Institute, University of Delhi, during June 2022. Nobel Laureate Professor Roger Kornberg from Stanford University, USA, served as the keynote speaker in that meeting. Eminent Indian scientists Padma Bhushan Professor G P Talwar, Padma Shree Professor S. E. Hasnain, and Padma Shree Professor Goverdhan Mehta actively participated in these conferences. In 27th November 2024, INMS has organized Conference in Nanomedicine, where renowned scientist Professor P. N. Prasad from the State University of New York, Buffalo, served as the keynote speaker. All these conferences have proved to be major successes, and have helped bring INMS, University of Delhi, as a forerunner in the area of Nano Medical research in the world.