Early tests find nanoshell therapy effective against brain cancer
Tuesday, February 1, 2011 - 13:30
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have successfully destroyed tumors of human brain cancer cells in the first animal tests of a minimally invasive treatment that zaps glioma tumors with heat. The researchers reported that four of seven mice that received the new treatment for glioma tumors had no signs of cancer more than three months after treatment.