This invention provides tools and methods that prevent a
cancer cell from growing and reproducing more
cancer cells. When growth ceases the body's immune defenses are enabled to
attack and destroy these cells if the
cancer cell itself has not initiated its own natural apoptotic self-destruction processes. The tools and methods of the invention obstruct the metabolic adaptions required to support cancer growth. By addressing the increased rates of
metabolism characteristic of all rapidly reproducing cancer cells using chemical and / or physical
nanotechnology to identify, segregate, isolate these hypermetabolizing cells, the body's
immune system and other natural defenses are empowered to further isolate and eliminate the diseased cells. The extreme growth rates required for their rapid
reproduction involve massively increased rates of the
biochemical reactions supporting the cancerous growth. Each excess reaction produces extra heat and raises the
internal cell's temperature and the
tissue space immediate to the rapidly growing cells. This heat signature is used as a primary biomarker that enables binding of a nanoviral particle engineered to migrate to at attach at the
target site at the site and prevent the
cell from continued
metabolism. Preferably, the
nanoparticle not only binds and blocks external membrane receptors on the target cell, but incorporates into the rapidly metabolizing cells additional metabolic blocking agents to stop their growth. When
cell growth and proliferation are stopped, the body's natural defenses are able to segregate and eliminate these cells. The massively increased rates of metabolic reactions characteristic of cancer cells also produce
excess acid. The decreased pH is useful as a secondary or confirmatory marker for identifying these cancer cells.