How material from your smartphone could lead to breakthrough cancer treatments

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The jury is still out with regards to whether long-term exposure to cell phone radiation has the potential to promote certain types of cancers, especially in specific subsets of the population, but an increasingly popular material used in gadgets is now showing real promise as a cancer treatment. The material is graphene — carbon atoms arranges in a single, incredibly thin layer — and it's already being developed for use in everything from smartphone batteries to flexible displays.

In a new research paper published in Science Advances, a team of scientists explains how they discovered that graphene can be used to stimulate living cells. Going forward, this technique could be used to exploit weaknesses in cancer cells and kill them off without harming nearby healthy cells.

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