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Treating Tumors with Gold

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Overview
Treating Tumors with Gold
Karine Thate [4]
NISE Network product
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Description: 

"Treating Tumors with Gold" presents promising research being conducted at Rice University in Texas. Through videos and demonstrations, the program considers the following questions: What is a tumor and what causes it to spread? What is a gold nanoshell and how does it kill tumor cells? What does the future hold for targeted cancer therapies?
Objectives

Big Idea: 

Certain properties at the nanoscale allow researchers to exploit materials for new targeted cancer therapies.

Learning goals: 

  • Scientists in nanotechnology bridge the gap between disciplines to try and solve research problems.
  • The size of a material (like gold) determines its properties and its interaction with light.
  • Gold nanoshells can be fabricated to absorb infrared light and produce heat.
  • The size of the nanoshell enables it to enter the tumor site.

NISE Net Content Map: 

  • Nanometer-sized things are very small, and often behave differently than larger things do.
  • Scientists and engineers have formed the interdisciplinary field of nanotechnology by investigating properties and manipulating matter at the nanoscale.
  • Nanoscience, nanotechnology, and nanoengineering lead to new knowledge and innovations that weren't possible before.
  • Nanotechnologies have costs, risks, and benefits that affect our lives in ways we cannot always predict.

Universal design: 

  • Repeat and reinforce main ideas and concepts.
Credits

Developed for the NISE Network with funding from the National Science Foundation under Award Numbers 0532536 and 0940143. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this product are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Foundation.

Checklist

Scientist reviewed? check_reviewed
Peer reviewed? check_reviewed
Visitor evaluation? check_reviewed

Nano Topics

[6], [7]

Audience

[8]

Tags

[9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15]

Permissions

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Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike

Catalog section: 

Programs

What kind of program?: 

Stage presentation

Nano topics: 

Bio and medicine
Materials, tools, and applications

Audience: 

11 and up

Content keywords: 

gold
treatment
cancer
medicine
medical
demonstration
nanoshells

Highlight this product during NanoDays?: 

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K-12: 

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Resources
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Files: 

application/msword iconTreating Tumors with Gold Lesson Plan [17]
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint iconTreating Tumors with Gold Presentation [18]

Links: 

Blood Simulation Loop [19]
Gold Nanoshell Color Change [20]
Halas Chicken Demo [21]
Lab Chicken Demo 1 [22]
Lab Chicken Demo 2 [23]
Cartoon Patient Simulation [24]
Treating Tumors with Gold Training Video [25]
See FAQ #10 to learn more about downloading NISE Net video [26]

Video: 

Evaluations
Comments
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Science Museum of Minnesota [27]

Submitted by rwall@smm.org [28] on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 13:43.

The Science Museum of Minnesota has a shorter version of this program. The Science Museum's 'hack'is approximately 15 minutes in duration and is meant for large audiences.

Please contact Stephanie Long for more information.

Stephanie Long
slong@smm.org [29]
651-221-2587

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