Enhancing the Toxicity of Cancer Chemotherapeutics with Gold Nanorod Hyperthermia. Hauck, T. S., Jennings, T. L., Yatsenko, T., Kumaradas, J. C., & Chan, W. C. W. Advanced Materials, 20(20):3832–3838, 2008. _eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/adma.200800921
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The heat produced by optically excited gold nanorods is used to augment the chemotherapeutic agent cisplatin in killing tumor cells. This combined therapy kills 78% more cells than cisplatin alone, suggesting a synergistic interaction between these treatments.

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