Patients suffering with brain tumours could be soon treated with developed nanoparticles which attack sick cells by tricking them into self-destructing, eliminating cancers
Scientists believe they can use electrically-charged particles to destroy aggressive cancer cells, potentially giving hope to millions of people.
Experts have developed nanoparticles which can trick the sick cells into self-destructing, known as apoptosis, in glioblastoma cells. Research has so far showed the work left the healthy cells in cancer patients untouched.
Known as quantum biology, the work is still in its infancy but the team, based in Nottingham, says it can see future developments in the technology. As a result, it has the potential to become an effective new treatment in people’s battle against diseases such as brain cancer.
The report, published in Nature Nanotechnology, reads: “We are entering an era where it has been realised bioelectricity, defined as the electrical language of cells, programs cell function. The cell is increasingly viewed as a mass of bioelectrical interconnected circuits that use an endogenous current generated by electron transfer processes to communicate with each other to maintain homoeostasis.