• Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences
  • Vol. 8, Issue 2, 1550008 (2015)
Yangyang Liu, Zhiyu Qian*, Jianhua Yin, and Xiao Wang
Author Affiliations
  • Department of Biomedical Engineering Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics Nanjing, P. R. China
  • show less
    DOI: 10.1142/s179354581550008x Cite this Article
    Yangyang Liu, Zhiyu Qian, Jianhua Yin, Xiao Wang. Tumor therapy by fast moving magnetic nanoparticle under low-frequency alternating magnetic field[J]. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, 2015, 8(2): 1550008 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Magnetic nanoparticle plays an important role in biomedical engineering, especially in tumor therapy. In this paper, a new technique has been developed by using the rapid moving magnetic nanoparticle under a low-frequency alternating magnetic field (LFAMF) to kill tumor cells. The LFAMF system which was used to drive magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) was setup with the magnetic field frequency and power range at ~10–100 Hz and ~10–200mT, respectively. During the experiment, the LFAMF was adjusted at different frequencies and power levels. The experimental results show that the liver tumor cells (HepG2) mixed with MNPs (10 μg/mL) became partial fragments when exposed in the LFAMF with different frequencies (~10–100 Hz) and power (~10–200 mT), and the higher the frequency or the power, the more the tumor cells were killed at the same magnetic nanoparticle concentration. Conclusion: Tumor cells were effectively damaged by MNPs under LFAMF, which suggests that they had great potential to be applied in tumor therapy.
    Yangyang Liu, Zhiyu Qian, Jianhua Yin, Xiao Wang. Tumor therapy by fast moving magnetic nanoparticle under low-frequency alternating magnetic field[J]. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, 2015, 8(2): 1550008
    Download Citation