Cancer cure using 'nano robots'


	Cancer cure using 'nano robots'

Deepti

4-27-2008 9:51 AM

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cancer, robots, cure, trials

Deepti says:

'Heat therapy' - Targeted treatment

- Magnetic particles which have a coating that binds them to cancerous cells are injected into the patient.

- The particles are heated with a "light oven" which uses electromagnetic radiation to warm the particles by between 1 degree C and 5 degrees C.

- The heat produced kills the cancer cells without harming the healthy cells nearby

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