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Aug 21, 2009

Nanotubes deliver fast, effective ablation

Thermal ablation - instigating cell death by heating tissue - offers a minimally invasive way to destroy tumours. And while some cancer cells may be drug-resistant, all cells are sensitive to thermal therapy once the temperature is high enough. Radiofrequency ablation and high-intensity focused ultrasound, for example, are successfully used to thermally ablate a range of tumours. Now, US researchers have shown that multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) irradiated with near-infrared (NIR) light also offer highly effective thermal therapy.

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