Selective Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer Cells by Plasma-Activated Saline Solutions

Atmospheric discharge between a metal pin cathode and saline solution (SS) anode with different air gap lengths was considered for investigating plasma self-organization patterns at the liquid anode surface. We report the effect of plasma-activated SSs on human pancreas adenocarcinoma cancer cells line (BxPC-3) and human pancreatic duct epithelial normal cells line (H6c7). The presence of reactive oxygen species and reactive nitrogen species resulted in the anti-cancer properties of plasma-activated SS.