http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57358994/calif-hs-student-devises-possible-cancer-cure/

Quote :

"Angela's idea was to mix cancer medicine in a polymer that would attach to nanoparticles -- nanoparticles that would then attach to cancer cells and show up on an MRI. so doctors could see exactly where the tumors are. Then she thought shat if you aimed an infrared light at the tumors to melt the polymer and release the medicine, thus killing the cancer cells while leaving healthy cells completely unharmed."

Said they have tried it on mice and have had near perfect results in removing tumor.

I'm a little skeptical but I hope this works. If anything, could be a treatment option.

[Edited on January 21, 2012 at 10:09 AM. Reason : .]

1/21/2012 10:08:54 AM

damn....

too bad they didn't read over that paragraph and check for errors though

1/21/2012 10:23:27 AM

wonder if they have mentioned it to the writer, you'd think they'd fix it in the article.

1/21/2012 10:27:13 AM

Quote :

"Then she thought shat"

1/21/2012 10:29:39 AM

I knew before ever clicking the link that she was asian


oh this racism is killin' me inside

1/21/2012 10:31:33 AM

Quote :

"Then she thought shat if you aimed an infrared light at the tumors to melt the polymer and release the medicine, thus killing the cancer cells while leaving healthy cells completely unharmed."

did someone in journalism really write this sentence? jesus, man

1/21/2012 10:59:23 AM

Well I mean it is CBS we're talking about.

1/21/2012 11:22:38 AM

Targeted nanoparticles aren't exactly new, but her approach seems novel yet complicated. Previous similar attempts have functionalized iron nanoparticles to bind specifically to cancer cells, then use infrared to selectively torch cancer. Or, alternatively, apply an oscilating magnetic field to spin the particles and create heat to, again, torch the particles. I think that medicines have been attached to particles which then attach to only cancer as well.

Attaching polymeric capsules to particles which are also functionalized to cancer seems overly complicated.
Im guessing the writer doesnt understand her idea, especially how the writer failed at basic grammar. I would bet that the actual technology is to have nano-polymeric capsules that have a functionalized shell to bind specifically to cancer sites, whic can be detected by some chemical signatures or something then can be torched to release the medicine.

Or maybe I just invented a new cancer treatment. Dibs on the patent.

1/21/2012 12:28:30 PM

cancer medicine in nanoparticles is hardly something that was thought up by this one high schooler

Quote :

"I would bet that the actual technology is to have nano-polymeric capsules that have a functionalized shell to bind specifically to cancer sites, whic can be detected by some chemical signatures or something then can be torched to release the medicine."

This is usually how a lot of the current research is trending. Basically cancer drugs inside small nanoparticles that can be taken up by cells, with a functionalized outside layer that specifically targets cancer cells/markers. One of the most fundamental issues is keeping the medicine in the particle long enough to be taken up into the cells and released inside them, so people usually use a system that can be broken down in the lysosomes of cells (in other words, pH sensitive systems, rather than those triggered by IR).

[Edited on January 21, 2012 at 12:35 PM. Reason : I'm not too sure what about her idea is new, aside from IR being the trigger]

1/21/2012 12:28:43 PM

Does she have any ideas for blood cancers? What about cancer cells that start to metastasize? I say that last bit because quite a bit of recent research suggests there's something different about those cells and that it's not a matter of them just proliferating at an even quicker rate and going haywire..

1/21/2012 12:29:33 PM

I swear I've seen and heard this idea from a no-name guy who was trying to cure cancer from his garage.

1/21/2012 2:37:39 PM

Found it: The Kanzius Machine: A Cancer Cure?


article: http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-18560_162-4006951.html
video: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4012508n

1/21/2012 2:48:00 PM