Nottingham University Researchers Find Way to Make Brain Cancer Cells Self-Destruct
Nottingham University researchers have devised a novel means of treating brain cancer that could signal a “quantum leap” in brain-tumor treatments moving forward. A multidisciplinary research team created a new way of targeting and eliminating cancer cells in typically hard-to-treat types of brain tumors that cause cancer cells to essentially self-destruct. This technique involves leveraging bio-nanoantenna, extremely tiny gold particles (nanoparticles) coated with redox active molecules that are specialized to bring about programmed cell death (apoptosis). Upon electrical stimulation, bio-nanoantenna can induce the self-destruction of brain tumor cells, giving physicians a potential treatment option with much higher chances of better…
