A low-cost cancer treatment
American professor Nabil M. Lawandy has developed a new type of paint that exhibits laser action. One of its many and exciting potential uses is a low-cost, sophisticated treatment for cancers.
"LaserPaint™ will greatly lower the costs of photodynamic therapy, making it more accessible to patients in countries where economics often make lasers impractical.”
Lawandy, 38, who spent his childhood in Egypt, sees his discovery as a way to make "a tangible connection" between his scientific research and the needs of ordinary people, particularly in poor countries.
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Professor Nabil M. Lawandy
Division of Engineering, Box D
Brown University
Providence RI 02912
United States
