University of Delaware researchers develop cancer 'nanobomb'
13th Oct 2005, 23:37 GMT
University of Delaware researchers are opening a new front in the war on cancer, bringing to bear new nanotechnologies for cancer detection and treatment and introducing a unique nanobomb that can literally blow up breast cancer tumors.
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