New Self-Regulating Nanoparticles Could Treat Cancer

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Scientists from the University of Surrey have developed 'intelligent' nanoparticles which heat up to a temperature high enough to kill cancerous cells - but which then self-regulate and lose heat before they get hot enough to harm healthy tissue. These particles self-regulate their temperature and won't go above 45C no matter what. They're implanted in the body and then induce a temperature that kills cancer cells. This breakthrough in nanotechnology is going to have many uses in the future.

Professor Ravi Silva, Head of the Advanced Technology Institute at the University of Surrey, said: "This could potentially be a game changer in the way we treat people who have cancer . If we can keep cancer treatments at at a temperature level high enough to kill the cancer, while low enough to stop harming healthy tissue, it will prevent some of the serious side effects of vital treatment.
 
They better test this on chickens and stuff for quite a few years before starting on humans. :) What if we end up with something like this running around? Instant KFC?

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They better test this on chickens and stuff for quite a few years before starting on humans. :) What if we end up with something like this running around? Instant KFC?

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What they don't tell you is that they have been testing this on humans for decades at least. Where do you think all the spontaneous combustion of humans come from?
 
Delivery system? We need something more efficient than squirting a needle full of juice into a best guess of the center of the tumor.
 
A way to kill cancer without needing drug agencies? If this really works I wonder how long before some medical company finds a cure for cancer using drugs?
 
Anything that furthers cancer research. Reminds me of a movie though...

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hmm I have my doubts since there's a lot of types of cancers and if its one solid mass that's probably the easiest to treat if not in a tricky area. I assume it'd be no good against neoplasms floating around the body or blood related cancers. oh well it might be a treatment for a select few cancers in 10 or 20 years time then.
 
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