Nanobots: The Leading Cause Of Cancer

Long times ago, even during the 19th century, scientist all over the world had started to find the cure for cancer, one of the most feared disease you can ever imagine, simply because you don’t know what the cause and how to turn it off. Cancer started

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Cancer is a term used for diseases in which irregular cells divide without any control and have the capability to penetrate and infect normal body tissue through the blood and lymph system. Cancer is the second leading cause of mortality in the United States, exceeded barely by heart disease. According to the CDC Cancer Statistics and Data, there were more than 1.45 million people diagnosed with various kind of cancer between 1999 and 2007 and out of those more than 562,000 people died due to cancer (cdc.gov, 2012). Currently there are more than 200 different types of cancer that have been discovered. Cancer could be

Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States. There are very few people who have not been affected, directly or indirectly, by cancer. It is a disease that has plagued the world for as as far back as history can track, and today, takes the lives of over fifteen hundred people each day. (Canary Foundation) (World Cancer Clock). Cancer is also one of the medical field’s greatest mysteries. Although there have been many therapies developed to eliminate the effects of cancer in the body, they are not perfect and many people continue to suffer. In addition, the treatments that have been discovered can have very serious side effects and take a devastating toll on the body (April Cashin-Garbutt). More important than treating the

Throughout life, many individuals experience difficulties due to growing up in everyday life. While going in depth of the human life, it is discovered that there are many diseases and disorders that affect humans’ everyday functions. A very popular disease that has traumatically affected the human body is cancer. Cancer is a disease that spreads throughout your body in many ways. The purpose of cancer is to attach to a blood cell in your body and cause a plague within itself, causing the body to initially shut down and die. This disease contains many forms and have many causes to it. However its main goal is to destroy the human body.

But today, we propose for Nanomedical robots, since they will have no difficulty in identifying the target site cells even at the very early stages which cannot be done in the traditional treatment and will ultimately be able to track

Each day, hundreds of people find themselves face to face with the word “cancer.” There is an estimate of 4600 new cancer diagnosis each day. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the united states, and is a major health concern worldwide. However, over the past 3 decades the survival rate for all cancers has climbed over 20%.

I find it astonishing that the human body is able to constantly monitor and repair and fend itself against foreign substances naturally, without any sort of direction. However, if the human body makes a singular error, and many faulty cells begin to continuously multiply, the body cannot mend itself, and cancer begins to form. Though modern science has created multiple different treatments for cancer, I want to be part of the complex puzzle in concocting a universal cure for all

Some new advances in science and technology opens up new opportunities in the fight against cancer, not only to treat the disease, but also to treat many forms of cancer permanently.

The number of cancer cases does not seem to be depleting despite the fact that science in terms of medical aspect especially and technology are becoming more advance nowadays. Even though the cure for cancer seems still out of reach, the research for it still continues. As the year progresses, cancer studies have been done in several models both in vivo (Rine, 2013) and in silico (Jeanquartier, Jean-Quartier, Cemernek, & Holzinger, 2016). These models enabled researcher and scientist to understand the systemic mechanism that occurred within a living organism.

Cancer has affected the lives of each and every one of us alive today. Many people have know someone with cancer, yet even those who haven't have been bombarded with constant reminders of its terrible threat. Although cancer is often referred to as a single condition, it actually consists of more than 100 different diseases, all characterized by the uncontrolled growth, reproduction, and spread of abnormal body cells. All of these diseases are individually unique, yet the basic processes that produce cancers are very similar (Ruddon, 1995). The human body consists of over 30 trillion cells, living in a complex, interdependent harmony. They regulate each other's proliferation; normal cells reproduce

According to the American Society of Clinical Oncology, in a little over a decade, cancer will become the leading cause of death in the United States. The rate of new cases is expected to increase by 45% by 2030. (Wilson, 2014) Undoubtedly, this comes as no surprise to a populace that has seen an increasing number of their friends and family diagnosed with cancer. It seems to have become an epidemic, affecting both young and old, male and female, and rich and poor. For this reason alone, there is a growing interest in new and more effective treatments in the battle against this disease. Cancer research has vastly improved treatments and outcomes over the previous 50 years, starting with only a handful of treatments half a decade ago, to more than 170 FDA-approved anti-cancer drugs today. (Wilson, 2014) Still, new and better treatments that reduce recovery time and increase success rates are constantly pursued. There is promise for new technology called the iKnife, a cancer “sniffing” surgical scalpel; which is said to identify all of a the cancerous parts of a tumor so that it is removed with 100% accuracy. Should the iKnife prove to be what it is promised to be, not only will it improve overall outcomes for patients, it will also revolutionize the treatment of cancer entirely.

This research project is hoped to soon be able to be tested out on humans, and to be tested out on more types of cancer. Not just breast cancer like they have started on. Since they have found out the implants attract and keep metastatic cells without creating new tumors, the research team also hopes to be able to retrieve the cells from the implants, test them to find a way to tell when you will have cancer, and to even someday find a cure.

Cancer patients has an increased mortality rate once the cells spread throughout the body. For this reason, scientists have been working tirelessly to find a way to prevent this from happening. The researchers at the University of Michigan in the department of biomedical engineering may have found the answer to this problem. By creating a device that can be implanted in a cancer patient’s body, the scientists have found that it is able to provide early detection of metastasis, or the spread of cancer cells from the original area.

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the world. As a deadly disease that attacks the human body when some of the body’s cells begin to divide without stopping and spreads to the surrounding area, a definite cure has yet to be found. In 2008 approximately 7.6 million people died of cancer, about 13% of all deaths worldwide. (World Health Organization) The field of oncology, the study and treatment of tumors, continues to grow because of the growing need to find a cure for this brutal disease that claims so many lives. As a terminal disease to the body, there are many different types of cancer so there are also different types of treatment. However, to win the fight against cancer, detection and early treatment are equally vital