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Cancer Commentary - Caring About Cancer

December 26th, 2007

Earlier Cancer Detection: Possible with Gold Nanoparticle Probes

Scientists at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology reported that they were able to show that they can identify tumors under the skin of a living animal using tiny gold particles embedded with dyes.
Suggesting that such tools may allow allow doctors to detect and diagnose cancer earlier but less invasively.
Studded with antibody fragments […]

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