Breast cancer stem cells...

Scientists claim nanoparticle-mediated photothermal therapy could provide an effective therapeutic option for killing offcancer stem cells (CSCs) that are resistant to traditional forms of radiation and chemotherapy. Wake Forest School of Medicine researchers have found that while cancer stem cells from otherwise hard to treat triple negative breast cancer are largely resistant to traditional forms of hyperthermia, the local high levels of heat generated by carbon nanotubes subjected to laser light causes cell necrosis and rapid cell death of both CSCs and the bulk cancer cells.