Gold Nanorods Inhibit Cancer Growth

Dec-25-14 In what could be a breakthrough in cancer therapy, researchers have proven that gold nanorods can help inhibit the growth of cervical cancer cells.

To develop the treatment, a team from the Swinburne University of Technology in Australia attached growth factors to the ends of 100nm gold nanorods. Growth factors, which are involved in about 20 percent of cancers, must cluster together to send a signal. By attaching the receptors to the nanorods and then injecting them into the body, the researchers were able to keep the growth factors from clustering properly and prevented the signal from being sent.

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