We have recently made great progress in designing self assembling materials from proteins and in designing proteins which selectively kill tumor cells. These efforts have benefited tremendously from Rosetta@Home! News releases on these advances are at
http://hsnewsbeat.uw.edu/story/self-assembling-nanomachines-start-click
http://hsnewsbeat.uw.edu/story/computer-designed-protein-causes-cancer-cells'-death