Researchers have developed a new cancer treatment method that uses advanced technology to selectively target cancer cells and does not harm healthy tissue.
A team from MIT University in Melbourne, Australia, says that extremely small metal particles which they call ‘nanodots’ can specifically kill cancer cells in humans. The method opens up new possibilities for targeted therapies. The research is currently in its early stages. At present, it has only been tested on laboratory-grown cells, not humans or animals. The results of the research point to a new effective strategy that highlights the weaknesses in cancer cells.
Dr. Baowei Zheng from the university said that cancer cells are under more stress than healthy cells. These metal particles further increase this stress and increase it so much that these cells begin to cause their own destruction.
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