Novel nanolaser can serve as super-bright probe to detect and kill metastasized cance

[News]

A nanolaser known as the spaser can serve as a super-bright, water-soluble, biocompatible probe capable of finding metastasized cancer cells in the bloodstream and then killing these cells, according to a new research study.

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[Laurel]

Wow!!! This is amazing and very promising! I wonder if the seek and destroying of circulating tumor cells will limit distant metastasis? Wouldn't that be fantastic?