Nanoparticles cross blood-brain barrier to enable 'brain tumor painting'

Monday, August 3, 2009 - 14:56 in Health & Medicine

Brain cancer is among the deadliest of cancers. It's also one of the hardest to treat. Imaging results are often imprecise because brain cancers are extremely invasive. Surgeons must saw through the skull and safely remove as much of the tumor as they can.

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