You've heard of molecular machines? Molecules within the living cell operate like machines to perform different functions that the cell needs.
Now a certain molecule may be used to destroy cancer cells. At the Tour Lab of Rice University in Texas, a research scientist (photo) has found that these certain molecules can be made to resonate in unison. When stimulated by near-infrared light, their resonance causes the cell membrane of cancerous cells to rupture.
Nanoscientist James Tour, whose lab is doing amazing things, says “It is a whole new generation of molecular machines that we call molecular jackhammers.”
"According to the study published in Nature Chemistry, the method had a 99 percent efficiency against lab cultures of human melanoma cells, and half of the mice with melanoma tumors became cancer-free after treatment."
Exploding cancer cells--a great discovery.
from Rice University
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