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Scientists Destroy 99% of Cancer Cells in the Lab Using Vibrating Molecules
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- adamredwoods 3y agorepeat: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38779667 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38779667
- agumonkey 3y agothanks, I naively thought two labs came up with similar solutions
- loceng 3y agoRelated to Rife machines?
- gustavus 3y agoA handgun is also able to kill 99% of cancer cell in a lab. https://xkcd.com/1217/ https://xkcd.com/1217/
- loceng 3y agoCareful, you're asking to be downvoted to hell with any presentation of humour here on HN. But seriously, if you resonate glass strongly enough you can shatter it - and that's the principle-mechanism I assume is occurring here.
- daemonologist 3y agoI think you can apply for a special humor allowance if you're linking to XKCD.
- loceng 3y agoI've also heard of XKCD blindness that the tech community is more prone to.
- singularity2001 3y agoThe strict avoidance of memes and troves is what makes this forum exceptionally high-quality
- loceng 3y agoDisagree. A "humour" tag could be required and those who are too serious to enjoy a range of tastes of humour could then toggle to not show "humour' tagged comments. E.g. Humour can be a very powerful way to make a sharp point.
- bamboozled 3y agoIt can be but on the internet it’s very rarely achieved.
- dilyevsky 3y agoThey should try autoclave - it can do way better
- LanceH 3y agoThe title makes it sound like they're using an angle grinder.
- dreadlordbone 3y agoin mice.
- formvoltron 3y agobut is it targeted?
- gpm 3y agoPer the article, it's targeted to the synthetic dye. The dye is already in common use to target cancer cells for imaging. So yes. They've also cured some mice with it already, so it has to be reasonably well targeted...
- mcint 3y agoThey've quoted a kill rate, but that's neither sensitivity nor specificity. Sounds much better than general chemotherapy. Hope it stays selective in vivo. The light-triggered aspect seems promising.