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Destroying cancer cells with exploding gold nanoparticles

By innovation2

One of the most promising applications in the emerging field of nanomedicine is cancer treatment.
The ability to target individual cells provides safer and more effective treatment than current approaches like chemotherapy in which healthy cells become collateral damage in the effort to knock out cancerous tumors. This potential has again [...]

Non-invasive infrared scanner to detect deadly melanoma

By innovation2

Although melanoma is one of the less common types of skin cancer, it is responsible for the majority (around 75 percent) of skin cancer related deaths. Part of the problem is that current diagnoses rely on subjective clues such as size, shape and coloring of a mole. With the aim of [...]

Conquering cancer with implants? Bioengineered vaccines and magnetic nanodiscs show promise

By innovation2

Rather than surgically removing tumors, what if doctors could simply implant new tools in our bodies to do the work internally? One team of researchers has been able to vanquish tumors in mice by implanting bioengineered disks filled with tumor-specific antigens, and another has developed magnetized nanodiscs to induce cancer cells to destroy themselves.
Numerous cancer [...]

Fingernail-sized implant successfully eliminates tumors in mammals

By innovation2

In a world first, scientists have successfully eliminated tumors in mammals using a cancer vaccine carried into the body on a fingernail-sized implant. The new approach uses plastic disks impregnated with tumor-specific antigens and implanted under the skin to reprogram the mammalian immune system to attack tumors.
Most cancer cells easily skirt the immune system, which [...]

Nano-bio Material Kills Cancer Cells, Leaves Healthy Cells In Unharmed

By innovation2

Since the antibody only targets the cancer cells, surrounding healthy cells are not affected unlike other cancer treatments such as chemotherapy & radiotherapy