Nano explosives to super-shock the cancer away
Those nanoparticles sure are handy. Whether it’s increasing the efficiency of computer chips and solar cells, giving prosthetic limbs sensation or extending the lifetime and capacity of batteries, the applications of the rapidly advancing technology are seemingly endless.
A collaboration of researchers from the US Army and the University of Missouri-Columbia have found that by mixing a nanomaterial that acts as a fuel and one that acts as an oxidizer, they can create explosions that are on such a small scale they are useable within the human body. These ‘nanoengineered thermites’ can create shockwaves that can target drug-delivery to cancer cells, leaving nearby normal cells unharmed. They hope to bring the technology into a working prototype within 2 to 5 years.
January 23rd, 2008 at 4:35 pm
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IT-101 Clinical Trial
January 23rd, 2008 at 8:22 pm
Hmm. Little tiny blood-borne explosives. Not a chance for these to get turned into weapons. None at all…
March 27th, 2008 at 8:44 am
I saw the program on pbs and was very impressed.I am a stage IV melanoma patient and would like to try it101 and
February 4th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
Nanoengineered thermites can produce shock waves, and their properties are similar to some primary lead-based explosives.These waves can cure cancer..