Title :
Plasmonic nanobubble theranostics: Detection and destruction of drug-resistant tumors in a single rapid procedure
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biochem. & Cell Biol., Rice Univ., Houston, TX, USA
Abstract :
On-demand plasmonic nanobubbles combine highly sensitive detection and guided destruction of drug-resistant tumors, minimize non-specific toxicity in a rapid theranostic procedure that converts current “macro” treatments into a cancer cell level “micro” modality.
Keywords :
cancer; cellular biophysics; drugs; nanomedicine; patient treatment; plasmonics; toxicology; tumours; cancer cell level; drug-resistant tumor destruction; drug-resistant tumor detection; macrotreatment; micromodality; nonspecific toxicity; plasmonic nanobubble theranostics; single rapid procedure; theranostic procedure; Animals; Cancer; Gold; Lasers; Nanoparticles; Plasmons; Tumors;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
