Scientists from Tel Aviv University have developed a noninvasive way to destroy cancerous tumors by combining ultrasound and injection of nanobubbles into the bloodstream. Their findings were recently published in the journal Nanoscale.

“Our new technology makes it possible, in a relatively simple way, to inject nanobubbles into the bloodstream, which then congregate in the area of the cancerous tumor. After that, using a low-frequency ultrasound, we explode the nanobubbles, and thereby the tumor,” explains TAU’s Dr. Tali Ilovitsh.

“The combination of nanobubbles and low-frequency ultrasound waves provides a specific targeting of the area of the tumor.