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.

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