Nano-bio Material Kills Cancer Cells, Leaves Healthy Cells In Unharmed, Argonne National Laboratory And University of Chicago Study

Argonne National Laboratory -- ARGONNE, Ill. (Aug. 19, 2009) — Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago’s Brain Tumor Center have developed a way to target brain cancer cells using inorganic titanium dioxide nanoparticles bonded to soft biological material.