abaddon wrote:
] Gold "nano-bullets" could seek and destroy inoperable human
] cancers, suggest new studies by US scientists.
]
] The tiny silica particles are plated with gold and heat up
] when near infrared light (NIR) is shone on them. This kills
] the cancer cells. Tests on human breast cancers, both in the
] test tube and in tumours in mice, were highly successful, the
] researchers report in the Proceedings of the National Academy
] of Sciences.
]
] "The nanoshells are designed to absorb near infrared light and
] convert that light to heat," explains Jennifer West, who led
] the study at Rice University, Houston, Texas. This is possible
] because the body's normal tissues are "essentially
] transparent" to NIR.
]
] sounds pretty cool...

this sounds familiar... hmmm.... oh yeah : http://www.memestreams.net/users/k/blogid3338958

that one i posted on 10/14. it's a totally different team, with apparently similar results, though they seem to skew the article towards detection, only briefly mentioning the ability of this technique to destroy tumor cells.