Thursday, February 06, 2020

Ultrasound Can Selectively Kill Cancer Cells

Good news! Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) for selective treatment instead of high-intensity bursts of ultrasound can heat up tissue, killing cancer and normal cells in a target area.

"The research began five years ago when ... pondering whether the physical differences between cancer cells and healthy cells—things like size, cell-wall thickness, and size of the organelles within them—might affect how they vibrate when bombarded with sound waves and how the vibrations might trigger cancer cell death. ..."When I heard about it, I thought it was intriguing and that, if it worked, could be a revolutionary way of treating cancer,""

Ultrasound Can Selectively Kill Cancer Cells | www.caltech.edu: Proof-of-concept study specifically targets cancer cells with sound waves

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