Radio Waves Fire Up Nanotubes Embedded in Tumors, Destroying Liver Cancer

December 4, 2007 | Source: Physorg.com

Scientists at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and Rice University have demonstrated in preclinical experiments that cancer cells treated with carbon nanotubes can be destroyed by noninvasive radio waves that heat up the nanotubes while sparing untreated tissue.

The technique completely destroyed liver cancer tumors in rabbits with no side effects noted. (However, some healthy liver tissue sustained minimal heat damage.)