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Perhaps the most important use of carbon nanotubes is selective cancer and disease treatment.
- Unique properties of nanotubes make them ideal carriers of treatment into cancerous cells.
- By attaching antibodies to the nanotubes cancerous cells can be targeted.
- Because nanotubes are especially receptive to near-infrared light, they make targeting cancerous cells extremely effective and minimize damage to surrounding cells.