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When irradiated with light, gold nanoparticles become hot quickly, hot enough to generate explosive microbubbles that will kill nearby cancer cells, a physical process known as the photothermal effect. To boost this approach, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, have developed a method for creating supramolecular assemblies of gold nanoparticles that function as [...]

A research team from Emory University has developed a method for mapping the molecular heterogeneity of human prostate tumor biopsies obtained from cancer patients using a mixture of four quantum dots linked to antibodies that can detect cancer-associated proteins. Shuming Nie, the principal investigator of the Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology Center of [...]