Nanotubes Help Advance Brain Tumor Research

The potential of carbon nanotubes to **diagnose and treat brain tumors** is being explored through a partnership between NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., and City of Hope, a leading cancer research and treatment center in Duarte, Calif. **Nanotechnology** may help revolutionize medicine in the future with its promise to play a role in selective cancer therapy. City of Hope researchers hope to boost the brain's own immune response against tumors by delivering cancer-fighting agents via nanotubes. A nanotube is about 50,000 times narrower than a human hair, but it length can extend up to several centimeters. Whole article on "nanomednet":[ http://www.nano.org.uk/nanomednet/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=133&Itemid=1]

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