You are here  Lab Breakthrough: Nanomaterials Discoveries Lead
to Possible Cancer Treatment  June 4, 2012 - 3:05pm   Argonne
nanoscientist Elena Rozhkova is studying ways to enlist
nanoparticles to treat brain cancer. This nano-bio technology
may eventually provide an alternative form of therapy that
targets only cancer cells and does not affect normal living
tissue. View the entire Lab Breakthrough playlist.  Argonne
National Lab researcher Elena Rozhkova and other scientists are
capable of building materials atom by atom and controlling their
advanced functions. Such materials can be used to manipulate,
control, and repair biological systems at unprecedentedly small
scales. She talks a bit about the effect of these machines on
medicine and technology.   Question: What makes the breakthrough
so exciting for doctors and patients?  Elena Rozhkova: “Nano” is
a big trend these days, and there are great expectations that it
will revolutionize technology and overcome our civilization’s
challenges, including a sust