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Researchers at the University of Maryland Baltimore County have, for the first time, demonstrated a method of biosynthesizing plasmonic gold nanoparticles within cancer cells, without the need for conventional bench-top lab methods. These nanoparticles generated within the cell can potentially be used in X-ray imaging and in therapy by destroying abnormal tissue or cells.
