Talk:20.109(F12) Pre-Proposal: Engineering Viral Magnetic
Nanoparticles for Magnetic Hyperthermic Cancer Therapy - This is
a brainstorming page. You are very welcome to write any crazy /
non-crazy / inventive / conventional / knowledgeable ideas or
information you may have about our project. Some key words:
Magnetic Nanoparticles (MNP), Viruses, Magnetic Hyperthermia,
Bioengineering What is Magnetic Hyperthermia? How it works?
Under an alternating magnetic field, MNP releases heat due to
relaxation of magnetic moments (hysteresis). This can cause an
increase in temperature to the range of 41C to 47C. Since tumor
cells are more heat sensitive than normal cells, they will be
killed by this thermal dissipation. Here is an interesting
tidbit from a paper I was reading: "In addition to the expected
tumor cell death, hyperthermia treatment has also induced
unexpected biological responses, such as tumor-specific immune
responses as a result of heat-shock protein expression. These
results suggest that hyperthermia is