The process took effect within 30 minutes of application.

Doctors say they can kill tumors by growing gold inside them

Hitting Gold

A team of researchers have found a way to biosynthesize tiny gold nanoparticles directly within cancer cells to aid in x-ray imaging — and to destroy them.

Doctors Say They Can Kill Tumors by Growing Gold Inside Them

READ MORE: <a href="https://newatlas.com/medical/gold-nanoparticles-inside-tumors-cancer-treatment/">Growing gold nanoparticles inside tumors can help kill cancer</a> [New Atlas]

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Cancer

The gold can be heated up with a laser to destroy cancer cells.

Hard Science

Chemists conducted the first site-specific surgery on a nanoparticle, affording it 10 times more photoluminescence, a property useful in many applications. They hope to generalize this technique so that any nanoparticle property could be enhanced.

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