Commodity Online NEW YORK: Researchers have succeeded in detecting cancer cells by latching gold nanoparticles in the human body with the help of laser.
Researchers at the Stanford Centre for Innovation in In-vivio Imaging have combined the precious metal with nanotechnology and lasers to create an imaging method that could replace MRIs and PET scans, ABC News reports.
The technique involves introducing gold nanoparticles to the human body, which latch onto cells - such as cancer cells - and can be detected with the use of a laser.
Start trading in currencies, most happening place to tradeSam Gambhir, professor of radiology and bioengineering at the university, explained that the method has already been trialled successfully on animals.
"Nanotechnology … has gotten to a stage of evolution where you can make these particles reliably," he told the news source, adding that production of the gold nanoparticles would not have been possible five years ago.
In related news, scientists at the University of Leicester have received a £321,000 grant to use nanotechnology to tackle cancer.
