in the fight against cancer, nano technology introdvces unique approaches to diagnosis and treatment that could not ever be imagined with conventional technology.
New tools engineered at sizes much smaller than a human call will enable researchers and clinicians to detect cancer earlier, treat it with much greater precision and fewer side effeccts, and possibly stop the disease long before it can do any damage.[see nanotechnology]
imagine a nanoparticle that can be used to light up a tumor in an MRI, destroy cancer cells by converting magnetic fields into heat, and allow the physician to visually track the progress of treat ment.
To learn more about the possibillities of nanotechnology in cancer and explore the field, a Video Journey Into Nanotechnology. The National Cancer institvte(NCL), part of the National instional institutes of Health, is engaged in efforts to harness the power of nanotechnology to radically change the way we diagnose, treat and prevent cancer. The NCI Alliance for Nanotechnology in cancer is a comprehensive, sysfematized initive encompassing the public and private sectors.designed to accelerate the application of the best capabilities of nanotechnology to cancer.