Nanoparticles Kill Cancer Cells
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazett recently published a story about another breakthrough in the field of cancer research. Scientists from the University of Arkansas (both from the Medical Sciences and the Nanotechnology Center of the said university) are currently working on nanoparticles that have the potential of making cancer curable.
The scientists have developed micoscopic particles that are injected into the body and manipulated to penetrate cancer cells; these nanoparticles are magnetic for precision controlling. Once the particles are inside the target cells, low-freq radiation is used to heat them up. The temperature within the cancer cells rise until the cells get so hot that they disintegrate.
This nanotechnological approach to curing cancer is not at all new. Other scientists have come up with similar methods of killing cancer cells. What’s new, however, is the composition of the nanoparticles used in this study. Currently, the project is far from final. Tests are still being made, but the scientists are well satisfied with how things are progressing.