EL PASO, Texas, July 7 -- The University of Texas at El Paso issued the following news release:
EL PASO, Texas (July 7, 2026) - Scientists have long known that heat can be used to help fight cancer. But heating up tumors and cancer cells is trickier than it sounds. Apply too much heat and patients could get hurt; apply too little or target the wrong location and the therapy will not be effective.
Now, in a new study published in Scientific Reports, physicists at The University of Texas at El Paso and Alexandria University in Egypt describe how to better harness heat against cancer using magnetic nanoparticles made from manganese ferrite.
Magnetic hyperthemia is an experimental medical treatment that uses magnetic nanoparticles to delive...