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This seems like a game changer. According to the company website they have treated 6,000 patients. https://nanoknife.com https://nanoknife.com Further Googlin
by teruakohatu 4y ago
This seems like a game changer. According to the company website they have treated 6,000 patients.
https://nanoknife.com https://nanoknife.com
Further Googling showed it has been around since 2008 and machine in 2010 the machines cost $300k. Maybe the novel application is prostate cancer?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704029304575525832837346848 https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704029304575525...
- rkagerer 4y agoNon-paywalled version of that WSJ article: https://archive.is/bDRgi https://archive.is/bDRgi. And a dumbed-down video primer on how it works: https://nanoknife.com/technology/ https://nanoknife.com/technology/ Basically they insert somewhere between two and a handful 1mm diameter needles, then pulse with high voltage to kill the cells in between. The article mentioned concerns from doctors that it hadn't been through large clinical trials yet. 13 years later, does anyone know of those trials have taken place?
- amelius 4y ago> with high voltage How high? Or is it the current that is controlled?
- _Microft 4y agoI think you can find more information here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreversible_electroporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreversible_electroporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroporation#Physical_mechanism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroporation#Physical_mecha...