Scientists at University of Texas at Austin and University of Porto have developed a near-infrared LED treatment that uses tin-oxide nanoflakes to kill up to 92% of skin-cancer cells and 50% of colorectal-cancer cells in just 30 minutes, while healthy cells remain unaffected.
(c) Sean Sinclair
(c) Sean Sinclair

Terápia de luz elimina células cancerígenas de forma selectiva

WIRED

En colaboración entre la University of Texas at Austin y la University of Porto se ha desarrollado un tratamiento con LED al infrarrojo que emplea nanohojas de óxido de estaño para destruir hasta un 92 % de células de cáncer de piel y un 50 % de cáncer colorrectal en tan solo 30 minutos, sin dañar las células sanas.

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