news.bbc.co.uk— Nanotechnology has been harnessed to kill cancer cells without harming healthy tissue.The technique works by inserting microscopic synthetic rods called carbon nanotubules into cancer cells.
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I am happy that it did make it to the main page. I'm kind of new to this site and not sure how everything works but I saw this earlier this morning and "Digged" it but it did not look like it would make it up here.Personally this is the type of stuff that I like to see, not all just some apple articles and things like that.
Great. I'm surprised this hasn't been looked into yet, all this could've been done maybe 5 or 6 years ago or even 8. People have known of the receptors on cancer cells for years, and while nanotubes are recent, they aren't THAT recent. It's great to see someone finally doing this. Go Stanford!
@ohgrYou need to quit reading sci-fi and assuming it's real life. These are not robots. They're inert bits of carbon. They can't recreate themselfes, they can't assimilate you into the collective. Dockers pants use nanotech to repel stains... RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!
Bravo, This is very cool. They've known that heat will kill cancer cells for decades but they never had a way to exploit it without killing or injuring the patient in the process. Yet another welcome tool for the Oncologists ever-growing toolbox.I always knew that the "magic bullet" for cancer therapy would be nanotech, even back in the days when IBM was toying around making their logo using individual atoms.
@ohgr: Okay, two points: If you are aware this is a dupe, why aren't you digging the original and using the automated reporting system to bury this one? People will still be able to see the story and the original submitter gets credited with the discovery. Is that so hard to comprehend? Also, Software2 has a good point. You clearly haven't grasped the the concept of this particular technology and are wildly speculating on a non-issue. Some people would call that generating FUD.
Cool. I've compared this article with all of the previous nanotech + cancer stories and this procedure is unique among all of them. No drugs to be injected, no specific growth patterns to match. It's actually quite elegant. Props to the scientists furthering this breakthrough.
niedarAug 3, 2005
I am happy that it did make it to the main page. I'm kind of new to this site and not sure how everything works but I saw this earlier this morning and "Digged" it but it did not look like it would make it up here.Personally this is the type of stuff that I like to see, not all just some apple articles and things like that.
lollerskatesAug 3, 2005
Great. I'm surprised this hasn't been looked into yet, all this could've been done maybe 5 or 6 years ago or even 8. People have known of the receptors on cancer cells for years, and while nanotubes are recent, they aren't THAT recent. It's great to see someone finally doing this. Go Stanford!
Closed AccountAug 3, 2005
@ohgrYou need to quit reading sci-fi and assuming it's real life. These are not robots. They're inert bits of carbon. They can't recreate themselfes, they can't assimilate you into the collective. Dockers pants use nanotech to repel stains... RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!
rob_ocelotAug 3, 2005
Bravo, This is very cool. They've known that heat will kill cancer cells for decades but they never had a way to exploit it without killing or injuring the patient in the process. Yet another welcome tool for the Oncologists ever-growing toolbox.I always knew that the "magic bullet" for cancer therapy would be nanotech, even back in the days when IBM was toying around making their logo using individual atoms.
pacobellAug 3, 2005
@ohgr: Okay, two points: If you are aware this is a dupe, why aren't you digging the original and using the automated reporting system to bury this one? People will still be able to see the story and the original submitter gets credited with the discovery. Is that so hard to comprehend? Also, Software2 has a good point. You clearly haven't grasped the the concept of this particular technology and are wildly speculating on a non-issue. Some people would call that generating FUD.
pacobellAug 3, 2005
Cool. I've compared this article with all of the previous nanotech + cancer stories and this procedure is unique among all of them. No drugs to be injected, no specific growth patterns to match. It's actually quite elegant. Props to the scientists furthering this breakthrough.
ostermayerAug 8, 2005
i'm sure i'm gonna get some flames from the k.rose flame...i support revision3 and love but is a little excessive on digg. oh well