New breakthroughs in technology allow cancer cells to be killed in milliseconds. Using genetics doctors can attack cancers and their causes in ever more targeted ways. Tiny machines behaving with laser-like precision nanoparticles stream through the blood directly to cancer cells. In The Science of Cancer readers will learn the story of three technologies that are advancing the global fight against cancer. With this incisive look at the life-changing possibilities of STEM research students will learn the science behind these breakthroughs and feel inspired to join the fight.