Tiny magnetic discs could kill cancer cells: study

dorookie
dorookie Member Posts: 1,731 Member
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
I saw this and found it to be interesting. Goes to show that new things come up everyday, and soon there will be a CURE for us ALL....

Just food for thought...



PARIS (AFP) – Tiny magnetic discs just a millionth of a metre in diameter could be used to used to kill cancer cells, according to a study published on Sunday.
Laboratory tests found the so-called "nanodiscs", around 60 billionths of a metre thick, could be used to disrupt the membranes of cancer cells, causing them to self-destruct.
The discs are made from an iron-nickel alloy, which move when subjected to a magnetic field, damaging the cancer cells, the report published in Nature Materials said.
One of the study's authors, Elena Rozhlova of Argonne National Laboratory in the United States, said subjecting the discs to a low magnetic field for around ten minutes was enough to destroy 90 percent of cancer cells in tests.
In a commentary on the report, Jon Dobson of Keele University in Britain said antibodies could be used to direct the discs towards tumour cells.
"This provides an elegant and rapid technique for targeting tumour destruction without the side effects associated with systemic treatments such as chemotherapy," Dobson wrote.

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  • tootsie1
    tootsie1 Member Posts: 5,044 Member
    #2
    interesting
    I've never heard of that, but it sure sounds interesting.

    *hugs*
    Gail
  • dorookie
    dorookie Member Posts: 1,731 Member
    #3
    tootsie1 said:

    interesting
    I've never heard of that, but it sure sounds interesting.

    *hugs*
    Gail

    That what I thought
    SO I thought I would post it in case someone wanted to look it up. I just posted what I saw on Yahoo, I didnt look any further, but hope it helps or at least it might be interesting to look up..

    Beth
  • snommintj
    snommintj Member Posts: 601
    #4
    dorookie said:

    That what I thought
    SO I thought I would post it in case someone wanted to look it up. I just posted what I saw on Yahoo, I didnt look any further, but hope it helps or at least it might be interesting to look up..

    Beth

    antibody targeting
    Antibody targeting is the exact thing the FDA refuses to budge on. They aren't allowing any human clinical trials until they can be proven 100% in animals. I truly don't understand this new standard for antibody targeting for non-medicinal foreign bodies. I believe the drug companies have pressured the FDA to take this position. These new techniques eliminate the drug companies all together and their ridiculously inflated profit margins. I feel terrible that these techniques can't be pioneered and researched in the US. A prime example is the Kanzius project going on at MD Anderson. They have proven they can effectively kill cancer cells with gold nanoparticles and radio waves. Both of which are FDA approved.
  • coloCan
    coloCan Member Posts: 1,944 Member
    #5
    Nonoparticles
    Quite a number of researchers/institutes are working on this angle of a solution, using supermicroscopic particles to go after only tumerous cells,certain cell processes. etc. And this is just one area of study(someare studying possible vaccines, others different types of drugs,inventive means to thwart tumor growth,etc).Never give up hope that someone somewhere may discover a cure for better,less detrimental forms of treating us....Steve
  • John23
    John23 Member Posts: 2,122 Member
    #6
    Great !
    Just what we need...... cancer cells stuck to the refrigerator.
  • lisa42
    lisa42 Member Posts: 3,625 Member
    #7
    John- re. the Kanzius machine
    John,

    Do you know any more info on the Kanzius machine study- is it actually underway at MD Anderson right now, or is it over? I know we've discussed it here before, but I'm just wondering if a place as big as MD Anderson has actually proven it works, why couldn't they get a study going- did they already do a study on humans, or just animals?
    Just curious, as I'm always interested in alternative treatments to chemo.

    Lisa
  • John23
    John23 Member Posts: 2,122 Member
    #8
    lisa42 said:

    John- re. the Kanzius machine
    John,

    Do you know any more info on the Kanzius machine study- is it actually underway at MD Anderson right now, or is it over? I know we've discussed it here before, but I'm just wondering if a place as big as MD Anderson has actually proven it works, why couldn't they get a study going- did they already do a study on humans, or just animals?
    Just curious, as I'm always interested in alternative treatments to chemo.

    Lisa

    Lisa
    Although this link is to another forum, the
    information is fairly helpful:
    http://forum.healthnewsreview.org

    Sometimes the simplest of concepts are so difficult to believe in.

    Trying to isolate cancer cells, feed them gold or other metals, and then
    expecting to fry the cancer cell using radio energy, like we're microwaving
    a TV dinner, is not one of any "simple concepts".

    In my opinion, this is nearly the same as the magnetic discs.
    Imagine the side effects of that! Every time you get into the
    bathtub, you're going to try to point north; banging your head
    on the faucets, etc... not good.
  • scouty
    scouty Member Posts: 1,965 Member
    #9
    snommintj said:

    antibody targeting
    Antibody targeting is the exact thing the FDA refuses to budge on. They aren't allowing any human clinical trials until they can be proven 100% in animals. I truly don't understand this new standard for antibody targeting for non-medicinal foreign bodies. I believe the drug companies have pressured the FDA to take this position. These new techniques eliminate the drug companies all together and their ridiculously inflated profit margins. I feel terrible that these techniques can't be pioneered and researched in the US. A prime example is the Kanzius project going on at MD Anderson. They have proven they can effectively kill cancer cells with gold nanoparticles and radio waves. Both of which are FDA approved.

    Totally agree John
    My first thought was this "new technology" is coming from a country that has socialized medicine which our US TV commercials tell us destroys anything new and innovative. Go figure.

    Watch big pharma buy this out and kill it much like they have other things they can't profit on.

    If you want a really interesting read, study up on what a drug company did to Airborne when they bought it and how it's original founder bought it back to save the product and it's effectiveness.

    Lisa P.

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