New York, February 6 -- In what may transform cancer cure, scientists claim to have discovered a new technique for cornering unhealthy cancer cells, and killing them with tiny explosions, using lasers, and nanoparticles.
The breakthrough could significantly help in better diagnosis, and treatment of cancer, saving millions, the scientists said.
Currently available cancer diagnosis and treatment options are extremely difficult for both the patients as well as the caregivers.
Leukemia cells, cancer cells examined
The new study by scientists Dmitri Lapotko and Jason Hafner from the Rice University, Houston, Texas, U.S. tested the technique on leukemia cells and cancer cells from the head and neck.