RF Cancer Therapy.

[Korietsu]

http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/new ... us_therapy

A promising new cancer treatment that may one day replace radiation and chemotherapy is edging closer to human trials.

Kanzius RF therapy attaches microscopic nanoparticles to cancer cells and then "cooks" tumors inside the body with harmless radio waves.

Based on technology developed by Pennsylvania inventor John Kanzius, a retired radio and TV engineer, the treatment has proven 100 percent effective at killing cancer cells while leaving neighboring healthy cells unharmed. It is currently being tested at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

The link goes into further detail about the abstract above. I'm quite glad to hear its being tested at MD Anderson, where my grandmother underwent cancer treatment before her death, and the teams there are dedicated enough to make this work, we could have a decent way to deal with cancer other than chemo or rad therapy. Since this is a UT System hospital, I wouldn't be surprised if the nanotech school here at UTD had a hand in it either, which would be fucking awesome.

Also, inb4 iamlegend.

[Day]

Saw this on the news last night, looks really promising, and very interesting!!

[Guyverarmor]

Very Interesting to say the least, I hope it bears fruition

[pirahna1]

Wow. I hope this is as effective in humans as it's been in tests. Near 100% effective? That's just insane.

Here's hopin' we can find a cure for AIDS soon too!

[Mizango]

I saw this guy on 60 minutes I think it was about 4 months ago and how he was getting shit from some researchers and skeptics because he basically came up with the idea and invention on his own etc... I looks really promising and I hope something does indeed come from it. I mean it certainly can not hurt.

[Tyche]

The most amazing part of this story is that a Radio/TV engineer developed it, did he have any medical experience what-so-ever, or did he just come up with the idea and had someone else implement it?

[Mizango]

The most amazing part of this story is that a Radio/TV engineer developed it, did he have any medical experience what-so-ever, or did he just come up with the idea and had someone else implement it?

Yes that's what the "professionals" are angry about. None of the billions of donations, None of the tax breaks etc. When there were talking to him he got the idea and made the prototype in his garage at home. So this invention was his brain child but it was also his invention.

I saw him talking back around Christmas so my details may be a bit sketchy but I do know he thought it up and created the prototype in his garage.

[Groovebox]

This was actually on 60 minutes last night right after the Master's... it's an amazing story, I hope to god the inventor (who is dying of Lukemia) is alive to see if his project works. The guy has no medical knowledge... I don't think he even went to college... he explained how he came up with the idea, and I almost cried. Hoping this works

[Day]

Yeah he himself had cancer, and he said it wasn't that, that made him want to do this, it was going through all the therapy then seeing little kids with cancer that were going to have to go through it too...

He pretty much came up with the whole thing when he noticed he could light a flourecent light bulb with radio waves, then he took a hotdog, injected some metal into it, put it in the radio waves and only the part he injected got hot... then it evolved from there. He pretty much created the machine in his house, but now new big official ones are being tested in labs.

I think they said around 4 years before we can test on humans.

(Sorry if this is repeat info, I can't get to the article at work, and I just saw this last night)

[Exoduso]

This could be amazing if it would be effective on humans.

[sephir]

Wow. I hope this is as effective in humans as it's been in tests. Near 100% effective? That's just insane.

Here's hopin' we can find a cure for AIDS soon too!

Not near 100% effective, its 100% effective.

The way this works is basically implementing metals into the cancerous tissue. Then putting the patient in the blast of heavy radio waves(which are harmless to us). The Radio waves heat up the metal, and because the metal would be inside the cancer cells essentially boiling them to death. He talked about using this space age nano particles(which are metal and conduct RF frequency) which are one thousandth the size of a cancer cell, putting a particular anti body on it and injecting it into the body. This will make the nano particles only enter the cancer cells. Then put on the RF and melt the cancer cells to death.

They showed some pictures on 60 minutes, and showed what happens to cancer cells in animals after undergoing this procedure. Basically every single on of the cells burst and died, while the neighbouring cells were as if nothing had happened. As for the guy getting Flack for inventing something without any medical knowledge, its all about luck. This guy came up with a unique idea that was outside the box.

[Jer]

I remember seeing something about this last year, though at the time it was only a story about a guy trying to find a way to fight cancer. Instead, the story I saw was about how he accidentally found he could use radio waves to set water on fire. Really glad to see that it's possible that it will now be known for actually working for what he intended.

[Korietsu]

The amazing thing about this, is the fact is how its similar to the microwave oven, since we've known about the projection of energy to particles for a long time now. I guess the really astounding fact is how they can project it quite accurately and kill the cancer in almost 48 hours. Here's hoping to not being fucking scalped on cancer meds by douchebag companies.

[Avanarius]

I'd imagine sometime a long the line the companies that produce the chemotherapy machines are going to buy the idea out.

[Mizango]

This was actually on 60 minutes last night right after the Master's... it's an amazing story, I hope to god the inventor (who is dying of Lukemia) is alive to see if his project works. The guy has no medical knowledge... I don't think he even went to college... he explained how he came up with the idea, and I almost cried. Hoping this works

Ahh no wonder this story came back up and is in the news once again, 60 minutes did indeed air it again last night, thanks for pointing that out. An awesome story and invention to say the least, I hope something good does indeed come from this in the end.

[Korietsu]

I'd imagine sometime a long the line the companies that produce the chemotherapy machines are going to buy the idea out.

I wouldn't be surprised. Next thing im waiting for is synthetic muscle, through the use of nano-tubules. My lab TA is working on the theoretical part of the research on some of the projects on my school's page (scroll down)for his doctorate. When that comes around its going to be a great thing to help people with damaged muscles to regain their strength, or in clothing like our good friend, master chief.