Groups of Na**particles Powered by a Magnet Team Up to Kill Cancer Cells
 

Groups of Na**particles Powered by a Magnet Team Up to Kill Cancer Cells
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Number of ways have been developed that allow na**particles to kill cancer cells. Some of these include delivering chemo agents, converting electromagnetic energy beamed into heat, and manipulating with the signaling processes of tumor cells.

An international team of researchers*is **w reporting in journal Thera**stics a way of bunching iron oxide particles doped with zinc around tumors and then crushing the nearby cells*using an external magnetic field. The na**particles have epidermal growth factor peptides attached to them, helping the particles to hone in on a tumor. Once they’ve gathered together, a rotating magnetic field is applied at 15 Hz. This causes the na**particles to gather in stretched out groups that look like long *****s of rice, in the process damaging the plasma and lysosomal membranes and leading to cellular death.

Because ** ***** are used and the materials used have low toxicity, this may be a indication that safer, mechanical approaches to na**particle based tumor treatment may help avoid the nasty side effects of cancer *****.

Study in journal Thera**stics:*Elongated Na**particle Aggregates in Cancer Cells for Mechanical Destruction with Low Frequency Rotating Magnetic Field…

Via: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid…

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