Cancer: Thermotherapy as a chemotherapy alternative?
Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - 00:20
in Biology & Nature
Using hyperthermia, engineering researchers unveiled a new method to target and destroy cancerous cells. The treatment uses hyperthermia to elevate the temperature of tumor cells, while keeping the surrounding healthy tissue at a lower degree of body heat. The investigators used both in vitro and in vivo experiments to confirm their findings.