Danes se vse dogaja na "nano" področju. Lep primer je uporaba magnetnih nanodelcev v mamografiji. Rakaste celice imajo na površini protein HER2.
Na protitelesa proteina HER2 "pritrdijo" magnetni nanodelec in če se le ta prilepi na protein HER2 lahko zaznajo z občutljivim merilnikom magnetnega polja.
Enostavno, ne?
Biomagnetics developed for use in new breast cancer tests from PhysOrg.com
A team from UCL has developed a new medical device which will make the early detection of breast cancer more cost effective and easier to administer. The team - which won a prestigious Brian Mercer Feasibility Award from the Royal Society yesterday - plans to use magnetic nanoparticles and an extremely sensitive magnetometer called the ‘HistoMag’ to detect cancerous cells in samples of breast tissue.
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