Nanoparticles are increasingly executing their magic in various fields of sciences - especially in medicines, security and electronics. And it is real impressive when they are even controlled remotely!
The MIT scientists have developed ‘nanoparticles’ capable of releasing drugs to fight tumors. And, this happens when an electromagnetic field is fed with a pulse controlled remotely.
On spotting a tumor’s clumped particles, the new system uses its ’superparamagnetic’ particles (tiny particles billionths of a meter in size) to give off heat upon exposure to a magnetic field. And the therapeutic drugs tied to these particles are eventually released to attack the tumor.
The team leader, Sangeeta Bhatia, M.D.,Ph.D., an associate professor in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology said,
Our overall goal is to create multifunctional nanoparticles that home to a tumor, accumulate, and provide customizable remotely activated drug delivery right at the site of the disease.
Hope these remotely controlled nanoparticles could help improve diagnosis and make cancer treatments more effective and easier.
