manifespo
20th May 2007 - 04:38 PM
http://www.physorg.com/news98859193.html This technique does look physically promising.
Makes sense- label the tumor cells with antibodies or proteases or any other relevant biolinker- send in carbon nanotubes and quantum coils and irradiate with low powered lasers.
ironkite
21st May 2007 - 08:03 PM
What keeps the nanos from entering non-cancerous cells? Do they inject them into the blood or the tumor itself?
philip347
21st May 2007 - 11:29 PM
Question>What keeps the nanos from entering non-cancerous cells? Do they inject them into the blood or the tumor itself?
Answer,..Cancer cells are a neoplastic disease, or a type of cell which is misformed, so does not properly regulate what comes into it.
The theory would be, that since the uptake within these cells would be irregular, that they would not pass a uniformity standard visualization, utilizing a number of light invasive devices.
Sound at set frequencies would be one of these devices, also light at a set spectra, set to destroy only affectedly marked cells, as said in the article, would be another.
wcelliott
22nd May 2007 - 08:06 AM
This is very similar to PhotoDynamic Therapy, except they use dye-based chemicals to absorb the laser energy and produce free radicals which kill the cancer cells.
Something I'm trying to get the word out on, though, is that it appears a lot of cancers are due to Vitamin D deficiencies.
Recent research indicates that you need at least 1000IU/day (probably twice that) of Vitamin D, and most people get maybe 10% of that in their diets.
Vitamin D is what the cells use to tell dividing neighbor cells to stop dividing. They've known this for decades, but they're just now realizing the significance of this. Lack of Vitamin D means the cells don't get the message to stop dividing, so they keep going, eventually mutating.
BTW, High-Dose IV Vitamin C has been shown to kill a broad range of cancers, and it's safe at those doses to normal cells. It's the perfect chemo agent, it doesn't make you nauseous and it doesn't destroy your immune system, it just kills cancer cells.
Pass the word, maybe you can help prevent someone from getting cancer.