Indian researchers develop nanosystem to kill cancer cells

Work by a team of Indian researchers, who have developed a 

novel multi-component magnetic nano system that could image

 and kill cancer cells.




The design of nano system is bridged on grapheme - a carbon 

allotrope, which could specifically target cancer cells, and 

deliver cargo of anti-cancer drugs and imaging agent.

The challenge was to design a multicomponent nano system 

and simultaneously which would be bio-compatible for cancer 

cells.

This multicomponent nano system acts as a stronger cellular 

probe in imaging cancer cells, which is a powerful diagnostic 

tool. It can also be directed to target cancer cells and cancer 

tumour using external magnetic field.