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Article: Tunable 'nanoshells' eradicate breast malignant cells in mice.
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- Medical Device Daily
- Article date:
- December 15, 2003
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Tunable nanoshells eradicate breast malignant cells in mice
By DAVID LEFF
Medical Device Daily Science Editor
If your home is in Florida or Alaska, lets face it: Old Man Winter will move in shortly to wit: Dec 22. Thats the signal to activate the central heating system, fire up the fuel-burning stoves and snuggle down under the warmth of an electric blanket.
Paralleling this in healthcare, a hyper-high-tech warmth-seeking strategy based on nanogram shells is heralded in a recent issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Its title: Nanoshell-mediated near-infrared thermal therapy of tumor under magnetic ...