Nanoscopic probes can track down and attack cancer cells

Sunday, March 22, 2009 - 12:42 in Biology & Nature

A researcher has developed probes that can help pinpoint the location of tumours and might one day be able to directly attack cancer cells. Joseph Irudayaraj, a Purdue University associate professor of agricultural and biological engineering, developed the nanoscale, multifunctional probes, which have antibodies on board, to search out and attach to cancer cells...

Read the whole article on

More from

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net