{"id":302807,"date":"2026-02-21T12:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T12:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/302807\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T12:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T12:05:10","slug":"how-magnetic-heating-technology-could-be-a-new-cancer-fighting-weapon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/302807\/","title":{"rendered":"How magnetic heating technology could be a new cancer-fighting weapon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Anyone who has used an induction cooker is halfway to understanding Mayo Clinic\u2019s new experimental approach to killing cancer cells.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The health system, based in the US state of Minnesota, announced that it is the first in the US to test Israeli technology that targets solid tumours with fast-rising heat in a process it calls hyperthermia.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cTemperature is the Achilles\u2019 heel of cancer,\u201d says Dr Scott Lester, the Mayo radiation oncologist leading a clinical trial to see if the technology is safe.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The challenge is in creating a therapy that focuses heat on cancer cells and does not damage the rest of the body. The company New Phase created a possible solution: to inject iron-containing nanoparticles that bind with cancer cells and make them identifiable targets for its magnetic-heating technology.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The encoded particles prevent overheating and keep the induced temperature at no more than 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dr Scott Lester is the Mayo oncologist leading the trial to see if magnetic heating technology is safe. Photo: mayoclinic.org\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/89ece5c7-f6ce-49f1-92c2-90992f19ca9f_7c6fe0be.jpg\" title=\"Dr Scott Lester is the Mayo oncologist leading the trial to see if magnetic heating technology is safe. Photo: mayoclinic.org\"\/>Dr Scott Lester is the Mayo oncologist leading the trial to see if magnetic heating technology is safe. Photo: mayoclinic.org<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Induction cookers can produce rapid heat and cause pots to quickly boil over, Lester says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anyone who has used an induction cooker is halfway to understanding Mayo Clinic\u2019s new experimental approach to killing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302808,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[60206,165,1309,152500,152502,163,106803,152501,85,5204,46,54624,1288,28811,152503,7906,152499,125,1308],"class_list":{"0":"post-302807","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-american-cancer-society","9":"tag-cancer","10":"tag-chemotherapy","11":"tag-dr-nadia-laack","12":"tag-dr-scott-lester","13":"tag-health","14":"tag-heating","15":"tag-hyperthermia","16":"tag-il","17":"tag-immune-system","18":"tag-israel","19":"tag-magnetic","20":"tag-mayo-clinic","21":"tag-nanoparticles","22":"tag-new-phase","23":"tag-radiation","24":"tag-solid-tumours","25":"tag-technology","26":"tag-treatment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}