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. 2008 Dec;23(6):671–679. doi: 10.1089/cbr.2008.0591

Figure 2.

Figure 2.

Trillions of bioprobes are injected into the bloodstream. Antibodies on the nanoparticles lock onto receptors on the surface of cancer cells. The nanoparticle is inactive until activated (“armed”) by an external alternating magnetic frequency (AMF) system. Thousands of bioprobes can attach to a single cell. The nanoparticles heat when activated by an AMF magnetic field focused on the cancer; AMF energy causes the nanoparticles to change polarity thousands of times per second, creating heat that destroys the cancer cells. Bioprobes cool off as soon as the AMF is turned off.