Tag: gold nanoseeds

• University of Texas researchers developing radiotherapeutic gold nanoseeds to fight inoperable tumors

  Many solid tumors are considered inoperable because they adhere to vital structures or the surgery would cause irreversible damages to the patients. In order to prevent the tumor growth or provide complete tumor resolution without surgery, chemotherapy and radiation are currently in clinical practice. Since these tumors are already locally advanced or have begun to…

  Sreeram Penna

  October 5, 2016