INQUIRER.net: Indo-Canadian student gives boost to cancer treatment

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Indo-Canadian student gives boost to cancer treatment Apr 9th 2013, 22:47 OTTAWA—A Canadian high school student has improved an ineffective experimental cancer therapy with a simple tweak—pairing it with antibiotics—earning accolades Tuesday from a panel of eminent scientists.   Cancer "photothermal therapy"—or PTT—involves injecting a patient with gold nanoparticles. These then accumulate in tumors and, when heated using light, attack the cancer cells.   The idea has shown promise but is not very effective because the cancer cells fight back, producing heat-shock proteins to protect themselves.   India-born high school student Arjun Nair, 16, showed how an antibiotic (17-AAG) may overcome the defenses deployed by... Keep on reading: Indo-Canadian student gives boost to cancer treatment Media files: arjun-nair.jpg (image/jpeg)

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