Google may be best known for its search engine, but it also employs a quiet "X" team dedicated to making revolutionary discoveries. And its latest project, if successful, would make it easier to spot killer medical conditions such as cancer and heart disease using microscopic nanoparticles, the BBC reported.
About 2,000 nanoparticles can fit inside a red blood cell. That diminutive size interests medical researchers, who believe these could deliver cellular-level treatments. To that end, Google X researchers are working on a swallowable pill full of custom nanoparticles that could detect diseases.
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