A New Superweapon is Here to Defeat Cancer

Picture a super villain. The most gruesome super villain you've ever seen. It doesn't give up, just keeps coming back. This is how Paula Hammond describes the most devastating disease -- cancer. After years of research and trials, cancer just won't subside. Until now, that is. A superhero has finally shown its face and its here to defeat cancer. Hammond and her colleagues at MIT have engineered a nanoparticle one-hundredth the size of a human hair that can treat the most aggressive, drug-resistant cancers. We are now one step closer to defeating cancer for good. Learn more about how the new superweapon works, and how health professionals are using it. https://www.ted.com/talks/paula_hammond_a_new_superweapon_in_the_fight_against_cancer/transcript?language=en