Tiny polonium ‘missiles’ to seek out and destroy cancer cells

TINY nuclear ‘missiles’ containing the same kind of radiation used to murder Russian exile Alexander Litvinenko are being developed to destroy cancer, it was revealed yesterday.

Scientists have found a way to package deadly alpha particles inside DNA-sized tubes of carbon.

Alpha radiation consists of massive and slow moving subatomic particles 4,000 times heavier than the electrons that make up the beta emissions often used to treat cancer.