Killing Cancer with Nanotechnology

June 23, 2015

(Digital Journal) – Trials have taken place magnetized nanoparticles to deliver heat to tumors. Although it is unlikely that heat alone will be sufficient to remove cancerous cells, the idea is that heat combined with other treatments, like radiotherapy and chemotherapy, offers a more effective means to treat the disease. The newly developed nanoparticles are micro-sized balls of iron oxide (around ten nanometers in diameter). This material, when a magnetic field is directed towards it, produces heat.