Gold and
Lasers Produce Plasmonic Na**bubbles to
Kill Residual Cancer Cells
[IMG]http://www.medgadget.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/nature-na**.jpg[/IMG]Plasmonic
Na**bubbles intraoperatively detect microscopic
Residual disease in a surgical bed and guide its resection in real time with standard surgery
A team of scientists*headed by folks at Rice University have developed a way of killing off neoplastic*cells that often remain after surgical procedures and end up causing a recurrence of cancers. The investigators managed to
Produce Gold na**particles with
Cancer antibodies attached to them that seek out specific
Cancer cells. The
Gold na**particles are sensitive to laser light, quickly heating up and producing a so-called
Plasmonic na**bubble*within surrounding liquid. This destroys the
Cancer cell to which the antibody was attracted, but it also pinpoints the location where the killing occurred.
The tech**logy could be used to both help surgeons target
Cancer tumors with a few laser bursts, removing most of the offending tissue the old-fashioned way, and following up with a more thorough
Plasmonic na**bubble attack to sweep up the remains.
Here’s a short video showing a
Cancer cell explode from a
Plasmonic na**bubble attack:
Study in
Nature Na**tech**logy:
Intraoperative diag**stics and elimination of residual microtumours with plasmonic na**bubbles…
Source:*
Na**bubbles Generated by Pulsed Laser Identify & Destroy Cancer Cells…
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