A research group at Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital, led by Tayyaba Hasan, has used nanocells and photodynamic therapy (light-activated chemicals) to target pancreatic cancer.

在波士顿马萨诸塞综合医院，一个由塔亚柏·哈桑率领的研究小组利用纳米细胞和光动力疗法（光活化剂）治疗胰腺癌。

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That property, the scientists realized, makes quantum dots an ideal mediator in therapies employing light-activated compounds to treat cancer.

这些科学家认为量子点的这种特性使它为光激活化合物来治疗肿瘤搭起了一座桥梁。

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A study, published in Nature Medicine, showed how a drug could be created which sticks to tumours, but is then only activated when hit by specific waves of light.

在《自然医学》杂志发表的一项研究，介绍如何利用特定波长的光线激活附着在肿瘤上药物。

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As part of the treatment, doctors inject the light-activated dye into the patient's arm.

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The nastiest-looking arteries might be stabilized with some form of local therapy, such as drug-coated stents, light-activated drugs to kill off inflamed cells or even gene therapy.

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The first light-activated neurons were cultivated as layers of cells in Petri dishes, but researchers were quickly able to make the technique work in flies, worms, zebrafish, mice, and monkeys.

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