Illustration of cancer cells. | © Flickr.
A breakthrough scientific discovery was announced by scientists as they uncovered the way how to destroy cancer cells. Science Alert says that “scientists have discovered a new way to destroy cancer cells. Stimulating aminocyanine molecules with near-infrared light caused them to vibrate in sync, enough to break apart the membranes of cancer cells.“
The discovery was made by the team of Rice University, Texas A&M University, and the University of Texas, and they say that “the new approach is a marked improvement over another kind of cancer-killing molecular machine previously developed, called Feringa-type motors, which could also break the structures of problematic cells.”
“It is a whole new generation of molecular machines that we call molecular jackhammers,” says chemist James Tour from Rice University.
“They are more than one million times faster in their mechanical motion than the former Feringa-type motors, and they can be activated with near-infrared light rather than visible light.“
The aminocyanine molecules, integral to the method, possess structural and chemical properties that keep them in synchronization with the right stimulus, such as near-infrared light. The motion of these molecules induces the formation of plasmons, collective vibrating entities that drive movement across the entire molecule.
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