Amazing
This is an incredible breakthrough in cancer research. It's hard for me to wrap my brain around it, but it could be huge for cancer treatment.
The scientists placed a solution of carbon nanotubes -- synthetic rods that are only half the width of a DNA molecule -- under an infrared laser beam. The laser beam heated the carbon nanotube solution to about 158 degrees Fahrenheit within two minutes.
When nanotubes were placed inside cells and radiated by the laser beam, the cells were quickly destroyed by the heat. However, cells that did not contain any nanotubes were not affected by the laser beam.
Read the article. It's fascinating.
The scientists placed a solution of carbon nanotubes -- synthetic rods that are only half the width of a DNA molecule -- under an infrared laser beam. The laser beam heated the carbon nanotube solution to about 158 degrees Fahrenheit within two minutes.
When nanotubes were placed inside cells and radiated by the laser beam, the cells were quickly destroyed by the heat. However, cells that did not contain any nanotubes were not affected by the laser beam.
Read the article. It's fascinating.
posted by Jmac at 2:23 PM
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I think carbon nanotubes are the crap they are trying to build the Space Elevator out of. I'm too lazy to track down the article that Eponymous linked to a while ago. Nanotechnology is neato-technology!
Carbon nanotubes that attach to cancer cells could also be adapted to attach to specific genetic arrangements, making a genetic-specific bioweapon needing only the application of a radiant energy source.
Every weapon that heals is still a weapon that kills.
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