Prospects for cancer treatment by magnet

Cancer cells can be burned with new technology, using the magnetic field of magnets in combination with iron oxide molecules.

Figure of cancer cells clinging to normal cells in humans before treatment. (Photo: Alamy).

Scientists at the University of London (UK) have successfully developed a method to burn cancer cells by putting iron oxide particles into the tumor and then using the magnetic field of the magnet to heat those molecular iron oxide.

The team has developed an experiment on tumors in mice. They attached tiny iron oxide molecules to stem cells. These stem cells are taken to the location of the tumor in the body. They then used the magnet's magnetic field to make iron oxide molecules move and generate heat to burn cancer cells.

" If cancer cells are heated at temperatures up to 43 degrees Celsius, they will die. The normal human body temperature is 37 degrees Celsius. Therefore, technology using magnet magnetic fields can be easy. "It's easy to increase the temperature to the point where it can kill cancer cells ," said Dr. Sam Janes, head of research, in the Telegraph newspaper.

While experimenting on mice, scientists could heat iron oxide molecules to a maximum temperature of 60 degrees Celsius - higher than temperatures that could kill cancer cells a lot. Therefore, scientists hope this method can be developed in the treatment of human lung cancer in the near future.

' We are still in the early stages of the study, but we think this method is very promising in treating human cancer ,' said Dr. Sam Janes.

The team also said that the advantage of cancer treatment by burning cancer cells compared to current chemotherapy treatments is that they do not cause side effects and damage them. Healthy cells around the tumor.