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Pro essor researches new cancer detection, treatment
Melissa Wylie
Senior Staff Writer
Light and sound are; the key
elements in physics professor
Arup Neogi's research in devel-
oping new methods to detect
and treat cancer.
Neogi is analyzing the poten-
tial of killing cancer cells at
both a single-cell and tumor
level with heat generated by
infrared light and sound waves,
he said.
"Cancer cells are more prone
to heat, compared to normal
cells* Neogi said.
Neogi began working with
nanotechnology in cancer
research five years ago with
Japanese scientists, and he
remains in partnerships with
universities in Japan, he said.
Neogi is also developing
an early detection strategy by
inserting nanoparticles into
healthy and cancerous ©ells,
he said.
A laser shining on the cells
reacts with the nanoparticles
and causes them to light up,
allowing Neogi and his students
to create images; showing the
differences in the cells, he said.
"The short term goal is, of
course, to try to make this
imaging technique that we
are working on foolproof, so
that we can absolutely be sure
that when t here's a cancer cell,
there's, a cancer cell," Neogi
said.
Current chemotherapy treat-
ments do not distinguish which
cells to destroy. Nanoparticle
treatments could simultane-
ously isolate and kill cancer
cells with the heat from the
lighted nanoparticles, Neogi
said.
Physics graduate student
Benny Urban, one of Neogi's
student researchers, said
increasing accuracy can lead
to earlier cancer detection when
testing individual cells.
Testing for cancer using
nanoparticle# often costs more
than $1,500 for a single test,
but further development of the
process will eventually lower
the price. Urban said lower
prices will eventually make
it more attractive to use in the
medical industry.
"When you can cut down
on the cost of a medical tech-
nique from a couple thousand
dollars to a few tens of dollars,
there is always the possibility of
affecting the medical commu-
nity," Urban said. "However,
even though we are close to
showing the application, there
is still work that needs to be
done,"
Nanoparticles work at a
single-pell level, but the treat-
ment approach using sound-
waves involves larger groups
of cells, Neogi said.
His students have
Constructed an acoustic lens,
which will soon be patented,
that controls the distance a
soundwave travels and its desti-
nation point, Neogi said.
Photo by Nicole Arnold/Senior Staff Photographer
Physics professor Arup Neogi and his team of student researchers use the cell-imaging microscope to detect cancer cells using nano photonics. This allows them
to look at cells from the inside out.
Similar to nanoparticles,
soundwaves create heat, and
the lens can focus that heat
onto a mass of cancerous cells,
he said.
"The sound one is really
unique, and we still are looking
into it," Neogi said. "We are
not sure how effective it is. But,
light we can control much more
because we have been working
on it for quite a while."
One of the biggest challenges
will be applying research that
has only been conducted in
Petri dishes to live animals, and
eventually humans, Neogi said.
"We can show that in the
cells, it works, and these are
real cancer cells that we have
from various labs and various
hospitals," Neogi said. "Of
course, things behave differ-
ently when you talk about Cells
in a body."
Neogi said he is collabo-
rating with medical schools
to bring these processes into
practice, including University
of Texas Southwestern Medical
School and UT Medical Branch
at Galveston.
"If you look at X-ray, MRI
or a sonogram, they all came
up from fundamental physics
labs," Neogi said. "These are
relatively simple principles, and
they evolved for use in medi-
cine and it really helped the
physicians to look at things."
New Subway venue in
Square sparks controversy
Joshua Knopp
Staff Writer
A new Subway franchise is
opening in the historic: Texas.
Building in Denton Square on
the corner of Oak and Locust,
despite large community back-
lash against a nonlocal chain
coming into the Square.
Out of the 10 current Subway
locations in Denton, the closest
to Locust St. is 1.2 miles.
Project manager Phillip
Curran said when the building
was remodeled in 2012, more;
room was available and the:
owners decided to lease that
space to restaurants. Curran
said it was lirst come, first-
serve.
"It's going to be a standard
Subway, just on the Square," he
said. " I here's not many sand-
wich shops up there:"
UNT students seemed to
disagree.
"I don't see the need, we've;
got a Subway down the street,"
said pre-English junior Sean
Enfield. "The square, to me,
is Recycled, J&J's and the;
Mini Mall. It's counter to the:
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aesthetics"
Public affairs and commu-
nity service freshman Hannah
Luxenberg, who has lived in
Denton her whole life, said
staying local was important.
"I'm not really for the chain
thing," she said. "I think Denton
is for local foods."
Denton residents have largely
condemned the new Subway
on social media. City Council
member Kevin Roden said on
his website he has received
emails expressing disappoint-
Graphic by Aidan Barrett/Staff Photographer
ment in the development, with
people primarily saying busi-
ness in the Square; should stay
local.
Roden said he received 20
to 25 emails and messages
through Twitter and Facebook
last Monday, from people
commenting on the Subway's
development.
He said several people are
concerned because Subway
represents a chain.
See CHAIN on page 2
Pro essor addresses Rich
Products orp. ood recall
Daniel Bissell
Staff Writer
Management professor
Whitney Peake conducts
research on contamina-
tion scandals in the food
processing industry, such as
the recent 10 million pound
recall of Rich Product Corp.
frozen food.
She said that recalls such
as this one are one; of few
that are publicly covered.
"There are so many more
[recalls] than people know
of," Peake said. "While
people generally only hear
about two to five cases a
year, they actually happen
every single day."
According to Rich
Corp., the company is
expanding its volun-
tary recall to include all
products produced at its
Waycross, Gat, plant with
"best [if consumed] by"
dates ranging from Jan. 1,
2013 to Sept. 29, 2014, due
to possible contamination
with Escherichia col i 0121
bacteria.
Photo by Nicole Arnold/Senior Staff Photographer
Management professor Whitney Peake is an agricultural economist who ex-
plores the cause and effect of contamination scandals in the food processing
industry.
The company said in March-
that it ordered a recall of five
of its Farm Rich products -
Philly Cheese Steaks, Mini
Quesadillas, Mini Pizza Slices,
Mozzarella Bites, and Mini
Bacon Cheeseburgers - after
an investigation found a link
between E. col i and its frozen
foods processed at the compa-
ny's Waycross, Ga., plant.
Peake said consumers will
not be greatly affected by the
scandal.
"We found that people tend
to be less concerned when
a recall involves a highly-
branded company," Peake said.
"Since the products are clearly
branded, consumers will have
greater ease determining the
affected product lines, unlike
when more commodity-type
products are recalled, such as
spinach or cantaloupe."
See RECALL on page 2
Veterans meet, all in love overseas during deployment in Iraq
The Maybom Project
WAR
Caroline Basile
Contributing Writer
Danielle Smith didn't join
the Army in 2006 to find
love, but love found her.
In late 2008, Smith was
a medic, and stationed at COITT.CS hODlC
Tallil Air Base in Iraq. One
dusty, windy day at the
base, outside of Nasiriyah she
met her future husband, Justin
Hofmeister, an infantry soldier
with the Army.
Hofmeister worked as a
gunner, typically standing at a
turret, bouncing around the top
of a Humvee, travelling along the
war-torn paths in southern Iraq.
The two were stationed at
the base for nearly six months
before they crossed paths when
Smith was assigned to accompany
Hofmeister s squad on a convoy
mission in April 2009.
"I remember being so intimi-
dated by him at first," Smith said.
"He was really cute but quiet and
reserved. He seemed unapproach-
able, and I had to focus on work.
I wasn't there for anything else."
The pres-
ence of death
loomed over
daily activities,
as the soldiers
who went on
missions faced
the uncer-
tainty of not
returning. Those sent into battle
might form close, intense relation-
ships quickly, living each day as
though it would be their last. For
DANIELLE and JUSTIN
HOFMEISTER
Smith and Hofmeister,
however, thebond forged
in combat was just the:
beginning.
Blossoming relation-
ship
After their daily duties
during their convoy
missions, Hofmeister
would randomly show up wher-
ever Smith was and start asking
her questions about herself.
Once, during a midnight meal,
Smith remembers him joining her
in the mess hall and she told him
of her stories as a medic fromher
previous missions.
"We were eating spaghetti
and melon," she said. "He starts
asking me about the crazy tilings
I've seen and while we're eating,
I'm telling him about sewing up
people and the other gruesome
aspects that come with my job."
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