The 3rd African Conference on Fundamental and Applied Physics (ACP2023)

Session

Medical Physics

27 Sept 2023, 15:00

Regency Room (Protea Hotel King George)

Conveners

Medical Physics

• Jesutofunmi Fajemisin (Univeristy of South Florida, US)
• Christine Darve (European Spallation Source)

209. Tiny drones to target cancer, powered by Artificial Intelligence

Wilfred Ngwa (Global Oncology University)

27/09/2023, 15:00

Physics Research

Invited Talk

Cancer is a major global health challenge that causes millions of deaths every year. Current treatments such as surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy have limitations and side effects. Therefore, there is a need for novel and effective approaches to fight cancer. Here, a new approach is presented that uses tiny drones to target and kill cancer cells that have spread in the body. These drones...