Cancer Therapy

"Nanoshells" simultaneously detect and destroy cancerous cells

Published in Cancer Weekly, May 3rd, 2005

Researchers at Rice University in Texas have developed a new approach to fighting cancer, based on nanoscale particles that can both detect and destroy cancerous cells.

Their report appeared in Nano Letters.

Current molecular imaging approaches only detect the cancer but don't offer a method of treatment, according to the study's lead authors, Rebekah Drezek, PhD, and Jennifer West, PhD, both professors in the department of bioengineering at Rice.

"You can look for a molecular marker that may indicate a significant clinical problem, but you can't do anything about it [just through imaging]," said Drezek. "We don't want to...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2005-05-03)

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