UGA Researchers Kill Neck and Head Cancer Cells
Nanoparticles and magnetic fields team up to attack tumor cells in mice.
Good things come in small packages. Really small packages. Nanoparticles, minute molecular messagers, and alternating magnetic fields, have killed cancerous tumor cells in mice in half an hour without harming healthy cells. UGA scientists have found. The cells were in the necks and heads of the mice. The findings were published recently in the journal Theranostics, according to a UGA press release. The researchers believe this is the first time this cancer type in lab mice has been treated using magnetic iron oxide nanoparticle-induced hyperthermia, or above-normal body temperatures. “We show that we can use a small concentration of nanoparticles to kill the cancer cells,” said Qun Zhao, lead author and assistant professor of physics in…
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4:45 am on Friday, October 5, 2012
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