Sentences with phrase «destroy nearby cells»

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Infrared radiation is then used to heat them and destroy nearby cancerous cells.

In a bid to progress beyond the shotgun approach to fighting cancer — blasting malignant cells with toxic chemicals or radiation, which kills surrounding healthy cells in the process — researchers at the Harvard - MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) are using nanotechnology to develop seek - and - destroy models to zero in on and dismantle tumors without damaging nearby normal tissue.

Then the blast of radiation emitted by the radioisotope would destroy the... tumor cells nearby.»

Once inside, researchers found that the antibodies zeroed in on their targets — viral antigens — and the radioisotopes destroyed nearby cancer cells without damaging surrounding healthy tissue.