From KurzweilAI.net — Hybrid nanotechnology is leading the fight against cancer. This breakthrough comes from the National Cancer Institute’s Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer.
Hybrid Nanoparticles Image and Treat Tumors PhysOrg.com, Sep. 26, 2008 Combining a magnetic nanoparticle, a fluorescent quantum dot, and an anticancer drug within a lipid-based nanoparticle, a multi-institutional research team headed by the National CancerInstitute’s (NCI) Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer has created a single agent that can image and treat tumors, while avoiding detection by the immune system, enabling the particle to remain in the body for extended periods of time.
David Kirkpatrick 