Breast cancer cells targeted, then burned, by gold-filled silicon wafers
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 22:30
in Health & Medicine
By shining infrared light on specially designed, gold-filled silicon wafers, scientists have successfully targeted and burned breast cancer cells. If the technology is shown to work in human clinical trials, it could provide patients a non-invasive alternative to surgical ablation, and could be used in conjunction with traditional cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy, to make those treatments more effective.