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Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Porto in Portugal, through the UT Austin Portugal Program, have developed what they say is a remarkable cancer treatment that combines LED light and tiny tin flakes to kill cancer cells while shielding healthy cells.

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In their study, researchers conducted their treatment on skin cancer cells and colorectal cancer cells, placing the cells in separate test tubes with flakes of tin oxide, what researchers called "SnOx nanoflakes." "Sn" is the symbol for tin on the periodic table.

The test tubes were exposed to an infrared LED light and in just 30 minutes of exposure, researchers said the heat treatment killed up to 92% of skin cancer cells and 50% of colorectal cancer cells, and left healthy cells

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