Nanoparticles Provide a Targeted Version of Photothermal Therapy for Cancer
Friday, April 23, 2010 - 08:02
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using easily prepared gold nanocages that are able to escape from the blood stream and accumulate in tumors, a team of investigators from the Washington University in St. Louis has shown that they can use laser light to kill human tumors in mice. The results of this study, which was led by Younan Xia and Michael Welch, have been published in the journal Small.