The application of boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) mediated by liposomes containing (10)B-enriched polyhedral borane and carborane derivatives for the treatment of head and neck cancer in the hamster cheek pouch oral cancer model is presented. These liposomes are composed of an equimolar ratio of cholesterol and 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, incorporating K[nido-7-CH3(CH2)15-...

Green-light-emitting pyrotechnic compositions based on tris(2,2,2-trinitroethyl)borate (TNEB) and boron carbide have been investigated. The best performing formulations were found to be insensitive to various ignition stimuli, and exhibited very high spectral purities and luminosities compared to previously reported green-light-emitting formulations.

In this short note we discuss the possibility to get the constraint on the parameters of short range pseudomagnetic interaction of free neutron with matter from the crystal-diffraction experiment. It is demonstrated that for range of λ < 10 −6 m this constraint can be a few order better than in any other method.

Some recent studies in Italy have focused on the possibility of exploiting clinical high energy electron linear accelerators, normally used in photon radiotherapy, as photo-neutrons source for in-hospital neutron medical applications. In-Hospital photo-neutron radiotherapy extends the possibilities of Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) to external treatment of diffused tumors when other metho...

Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) is a binary therapy that promises to be suitable in treating many non-curable cancers. To that, the discovery of new boron compounds able accumulate selectively tumour tissue still required. Hypoxia, deficiency oxygen tumor tissue, great challenge conventional treatment cancer, because hypoxic areas are resistant anticancer treatments. 2-Nitroimidazole deriv...

Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT), a binary treatment modality that can potentially irradiate tumor tissue within cellular dimensions, is critically dependent on the preferential delivery of 10B to individual neoplastic cells. In this study, ion microscopy was used to quantitatively evaluate the selectivity of p-boronophenylalanine-fructose (BPA-F) in the rat 9L gliosarcoma brain tumor model...