Of late Gold Nano-particles have made their way in the medical treatments.
A new treatment involves injecting ultra-tiny, gold wrapped spheres in the cancer patients.
Once the tumor is adequately filled with the gold nano-particles oncologist starts blasting it with near infrared light.
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The gold spheres absorb certain wavelengths of infrared light, a property that is used against the cancer cells.
At a certain temperature this would kill the sperms and provide temporary contraceptive effect.
In case the heat is increased beyond a point it may also lead to permanent sterilization of the male.
The experiment was led by Francisco Benzanilla, by using dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons.
DRG neurons cluster in the spinal cord and are the ones which broadcast the information of pain and touch.
Benzillas group has plans to develop a modified method treat the macular degeneration using nano particle.
So nanotechnology truly seems to be the answer to cure most of the deadly diseases like cancer.
source: www.techworm.net
