The disease that is commonly known as cancer is just uncontrolled cell growth caused by a host of factors. This growth may be triggered by several diseases, the common ground for all these diseases is the fact that they share the attribute of unrestrained growth of cells. There are more than 100 different types of cancer. The malignant cells of cancer can spread to other parts of the body through the blood and lymphatic system.
It is in a single cell than cancer begins. The body is made up of millions of cells, they divide and grow in a controlled manner to keep the body healthy. Old and damaged cells are replaced with new ones. This is a perfectly controlled process that goes on in our bodies to keep us healthy. But sometimes, things go horribly wrong. The DNA of a single cell can change or get damaged. They may mutate, producing abnormal cells that affect normal cell division and growth. When this happens, cells grow rapidly and uncontrollably. The extra cells form a mass called tumor. Cancer is really too many cells than what the body needs.
Modern technological advances witness breakthrough findings in Nanotechnology and its application in medicine. This field is particularly beneficial for the treatment of Cancer. ‘Cancer Research’ reports therapies based on nanotechnology with targeted small molecules, in treating cancer. The molecules, otherwise known as nanoparticles, improve the efficacy of chemotherapy. Abraxane is the most commonly used nanoparticle medication. Abraxane, by virtue of being a nanoparticle bound compound, readily dissolves in water.
The many headlines that you read today on cutting edge research and breakthroughs in Oncology may be slightly misleading and could create unrealistic expectations. We are still quite a long way from effective applications of the several promising findings revealed by research. Clinical application of research findings is a typically long drawn out process, it takes years for FDA to approve and millions of dollars in trials and follow up research. Not to mention that for commercially viable production, the market has to accept it.
Besides, most promising research may suddenly find itself at a dead end with no progress in sight. This is the nature of scientific research, it takes dedication, money and time to pursue an idea till it becomes a success in real life.
The positive outcome of all this research is that considerable progress has been made in cancer research. Cancer is now more manageable than ever. We know that the brilliant minds of the research community is progressing in the right direction and hopefully the dreaded disease will soon succumb to a cure.
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This question regards nanoparticle photovoltaic electricity. Is there sufficient raw material to mass produce?If this product is ready for mass production, why are we not approaching this system like we did the Manhattan project? Roofing shingles and windows can now generate electricity, but how close are we to mass production? Why are any new state, federal, or other public buildings still constructed without incorporating these and every available energy efficient system? Do we really want to become energy independent or not?
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ouch, how are they going to infect the nanostuff into the HARD tumour in the first place….
Dont want to think about it…
even ones is enough…
You have all the information you need
Just change your units to be the same (or keep up with them).
I'm assuming the 13nm is given as the diameter… so just divide that by 2 and you have your "r" for the equation. Then fix the units
Density = mass/volume
Rearrange to solve for mass.
It is too early to tell. The newest statement is that the silver used in washing machine systems will be declared a pesticide, which is what they are. Antimicrobials are just pesticides and people have to relize that. Another factor is that under OSHA regs, silver is more regulated (lower PEL) than lead. Noone would add lead to their washing. I think the biggest impact will be on the PR side.
No, not necessarily. Atoms are picometers in size, and nanometers are 1,000 times larger than those. Nanoparticles are clusters of atoms, so there will be a core of atoms packed together.
Assume the particle is spherical, and that atoms are spherical. Work out the volume of the particle, the volume of a gold atom, and from these, the surface area of the particle, and the cross-sectional area of a gold atom. Then check how many gold atom areas will fit on the surface area of the particle.
Now will MagForce allow people with terminal cancer allow be volunteers for testing?
I hear alot about various new cancer treatments but little on it for public use. Also years of red tape delays.
I’m skeptical on when the public will have acess to these treatments.
How does it destroy only the cancer cells?
One problem with cancer is that it isn’t one disease, but many. Is this effective against all or most of them?
if this works it would be effective against all types of cancer.
I’m currently doing with nanomagnetic research project, this video has profoundly give me an insight and lot of information. Thanks for the post
Basically, it is tagging the substance to be delivered to an incredibly tiny particle of gold; usually, there is an antibody (or other targeting substance) attached to the gold particle as well, to target a specific cell type or cellular structure. It is the antibody that does the targeting; the gold nanoparticle is but the (essentially passive) tool used to carry the targeting molecule and the drug molecule.
It's one of the developing technologies–it's far from being routine, yet, last I heard.
Here are some examples of scaling.
1 meter ~ 1 yard (actually 39.37 inches)
1 mm = one one-thousandth of a meter, approximately 39.37 mils
Micron
1 micron = 1 one-millionth of a meter (um)
diameter of human hair: 17 – 181 um
diameter of red blood cell (erythrocytes): 6 to 8 um
length of a typical bacteria: 0.5 to 5 um
Nanometer
1 nanometer = 1 billionth of a meter (nm)
diameter of shell of a virus: 10 to 300 nm
diameter of DNA helix: 1.84 to 2.55 nm
I don’t claim to be a doctor, but it seems that the nano particles are programmed to recognize the cancerous cells. Then it’s just a matter of making them move back and forth destroying the cells. I wonder though what happens if they go to the wrong cells, or if there are leftovers in there. Where do they go?
It’s awsome to see that there are these kinds of things in the works. The potential here is huge, and very exciting.
it depends on how much the nanoparticle weighs. since an electron is 10^-30 kg it requires very little to make it move.
Refluxing the water is not efficient.
For best production of nanoparticles, use a microwave oven. Check out the modified Lee and Miesel preparation in the publication below:
cancerous cells may perhaps have different absorption ability than normal cells thus only cancerous cells absorbs the nanoparticles. Not sure though. Just a thought.
There may be sufficient raw materials but that's not the issue at this point. Manufacturing costs are too high at this time to mass produce reliable nanoparticle photovoltaic electricity. It just plain costs too much and there isn't a good process ready for mass production right now.
this treatment doesnt effect areas that the fluid isnt injected in … in case of radiation or chemotherapy many cells outside the tumor are effected
surgery always carries risks
especially on the brain