ScienceDaily (Aug. 11, 2008) — A new discovery has been made in cancer research. Researchers from the Laboratoire des collisions atomiques et moléculaires (CNRS/Université Paris 11) and the Laboratoire Génotoxicologie et cycle cellulaire (CNRS/Institut Curie) were the first to show that it is possible to improve hadrontherapy’s(1) targeting and destruction of tumor cells by loading the cells with heavy atoms like platinum. This new method enables both the treatment’s effectiveness and the ions’ ballistic effect to be improved without damaging healthy tissue.
