Magnetic discs kill cancer cells?
PARIS - TINY magnetic discs just a millionth of a metre in diameter could be used to used to kill cancer cells, according to a study published on Sunday.

Laboratory tests found the so-called 'nanodiscs", around 60 billionths of a metre thick, could be used to disrupt the membranes of cancer cells, causing them to self-destruct.

The discs are made from an iron-nickel alloy, which move when subjected to a magnetic field, damaging the cancer cells, the report published in Nature Materials said.

One of the study's authors, Elena Rozhlova of Argonne National Laboratory in the United States, said subjecting the discs to a low magnetic field for around ten minutes was enough to destroy 90 percent of cancer cells in tests.

In a commentary on the report, Jon Dobson of Keele University in Britain said antibodies could be used to direct the discs towards tumour cells.

'This provides an elegant and rapid technique for targeting tumour destruction without the side effects associated with systemic treatments such as chemotherapy,' Mr Dobson wrote. -- AFP

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It’s at this time of the year that I’ll be in a deeper relationship with my laptop. I’m touching it all over and I literally can’t take my eyes off her. She just seems so attractive and powerful. She gives me an avenue for me to alleviate my stress when I need to let go for a while. Allow me to express my confession to you. I love you darling. LOL.

Hail the power of RSS. With it, you can skip the needs to visit website. Just read the updates from your mail reader will do. You can read all your friends’ updates in an instant. However, I still prefer the traditional way of going to the site though. The look and feel of the website just gives me a more familiar appeal compared to the stone cold black text on white background you see in the mail. Haha.

I’ve been trapped in NTU for quite a while. Not quite sure what has been happening in Singapore except for what I’ve read from the updates my darling told me on straitstimes.com. I was thinking the high level of monsoon rain in Bukit Timah probably give the rich ones in that area to change a car. “Oh honey, looks like the car is in a bad condition. Should we get a new one?”, says the husband to the wife. Haha.

Something happened recently that was beyond my expectation. Just when you thought that someone would be nice to you or things will happen in a good way because you prepared for it, then it’s wrong. There can be no telling what the future holds for you, not unless you possess a pair of reveal-the-intentions/future type of eyes. I would like to have them if there were such a thing. Ha.

However, every cloud has a silver lining. Without the black, you can never see how pure white is. In comparison, I found someone else whom I could be worth being a better friend with. Let’s hope I’m right then.

My hair is still so damn short. It’s taking forever to grow back to that length. =/

Should I be more curious to poke further into non-personal matters or should I just stay out of it? Hmm… Still giving it a thought.

Kawaai Ne~

Here’s some pictures to help you destress the pressure for the exams. Although babies could be cute, there are some animals that look just so cute too!

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