Steering of Drugs to Tumors by Dynamically Shaping Magnetic Fields
Students: R.Probst
Collaborators: Dr. Andreas Lubbe, Karl-Hansen Klinik, Germany,
Dr. Declan Diver, Dr. Hugh Potts, University of Glasgow

Feedback control of magnetic fields to focus chemotherapy
coated nano-particles to deep tissue tumors

Steer ferro-particles coated with chemotherapy drugs to tumors by feedback control of magnetic fields.
During chemotherapy, only a small fraction of drugs are taken up by the tumor(s), the remainder are distributed throughout the body by the blood stream killing healthy growing cells. Magnetic drug-coated particles can be trapped at tumors by magnetic fields, but static fields can only focus these particles near the skin surface (particles are attracted to highest field gradients at magnet surfaces). Feedback control will allow targeting of magnetic particles to deep tissue tumors.