Nanoparticles might cure cancer

To me it's fascinating the use of nanoparticles with it's still science fiction for most humans. But I'm sure they will become the future and in no so distant times. As you can see next, they could be the easiest way to destroy cancer without danger to the individual that carries the nanoparticles. And this is just the beginning... 

(well as anything in science it could also be used to destroy individuals, so we'll have to keep an eye on the use of nanoparticles.)

This electron micrograph shows the presence of numerous siRNA-containing targeted nanoparticles both entering and within a tumor cell.

"A California Institute of Technology (Caltech)-led team of researchers and clinicians has published the first proof that a targeted nanoparticle—used as an experimental therapeutic and injected directly into a patient’s bloodstream—can traffic into tumors, deliver double-stranded small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), and turn off an important cancer gene using a mechanism known as RNA interference (RNAi). Moreover, the team provided the first demonstration that this new type of therapy, infused into the bloodstream, can make its way to human tumors in a dose-dependent fashion—i.e., a higher number of nanoparticles sent into the body leads to a higher number of nanoparticles in the tumor cells."


For further reading go to California Institute of Technology