A new investigation is carried out in collaboration with the University of Texas, Rice University and Texas A&Mwhich could eradicate up to 99 percent of cancer cells and is headed by a researcher of Hispanic origin based in Texas, Ciceron Ayala-Orozco.
The study headed by the expert in nanotechnology and various areas of medicine, optoelectronics even the industry oil and gasand intends to use the infrared light to avoid unnecessary operations.
The progress was presented at the Nature Magazine and it promises to be one of the great contributions of science to treating cancer without the need for expensive and risky surgeries.
A method a million times faster
The study carried out by three universities seeks to destroy the cancer cells stimulating the anthocyanin molecules with infrared light to make them vibrate until they end up breaking the cell membranes of cancer.
Molecules that destroy cell membranes have been called “molecular jackhammers” because they suffer concerted vibrations of whole molecules and since cells do not develop resistance, “hammers” present an alternative modality to induce cell death. cancer cells.
“This new method is a million times faster,” said James Tour, a chemist at Rice University.
By applying this method, scientists can more accurately detect organs and bones that need attention and can treat them without the need for surgery. some operation.
“This study is about a different way of treating cancer using mechanical forces at a molecular scale,” says researcher Cicerón Ayala-Orozco.
To date, tumor-free efficacy has been achieved 50 percent in mouse models for melanoma.
“This is the first time it has been used in this way in order to stimulate the entire molecule and actually produce a mechanical action used to achieve a particular goal: in this case, tearing the membrane of cancer cells,” he adds.
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The molecules that destroy cell membranes through the VDA have been called molecular pneumatic hammers because they undergo concerted vibrations of entire molecules.