Nanoparticles can stop tumors from spreading
February 20th, 2009 Posted in Nanoparticles
“Nanoparticles are amazing,” said one nanomedicine expert. Primarily because of their size, they can be used to treat various diseases. The latest research done at Hopkins, the University of Washington and the National Cancer Institute has shown that nanoparticles can both inhibit the invasion of healthy cells by tumor cells and simultaneously serve as an agent that provides contrast for MRIs, allowing the cancerous areas to be imaged as therapy is administered. Chlorotoxin does it all. That is a small protein, which is an integral part of a nanoparticle.
The research was done by using glioma tumor cells. Scientists managed to prove that nanoparticles which contain chlorotoxin can inhibit tumor from spreading.
Source: jhunewsletter.com
