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Jul 11, 2007

Nanocomposite turns up the heat on cancer

Iron/iron oxide nanocomposite particles could be used to heat tumours and destroy them say scientists in the US. Ian Baker of Dartmouth College in New Hampshire and colleagues have found that iron particles have a large "specific absorption rate" and so produce lots of heat. The iron particles are then coated with iron oxide, which allows the nanoparticles to be observed using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

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