Uncategorized - January 20, 2015
Could Lasers Replace Chemo?
Physicists from the University of Copenhagen and doctors from Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, are investigating whether nanoparticles and laser light can replace chemotherapy in the treatment of malignant tumors. Researchers have found that when laser light strikes nanoparticles placed in a malignant tumor, the particles can get so hot that they burn the tumor away. While the results from tests on mice were […]