~2~ An Ongoing research at Yale University demonstrates that
carbon nanotubes may provide an optimal surface for growing cancer-fighting cells.
~Z~ The researchers are using carbon nanotube (CNT) polymer
composites to incubate cytoxic T-cells — nicknamed "killer cells" because these white blood cells attack and kill infected or cancerous cells. The novel technique is being tested for use in adoptive immunotherapy, an emerging treatment in which cells are removed from a patient, enhanced in the lab and then injected back into the bloodstream to boost the patient’s ability to fight infection or cancer.