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Usually, it suffices to initiate apoptosis, the self-destruction mechanisms of the cells.
by Timsky 1y ago
Usually, it suffices to initiate apoptosis, the self-destruction mechanisms of the cells.
- elric 1y agoI doubt ultrasound would trigger apoptosis in cancer cells, one of the reasons they're cancerous is that they refuse to commit suicide when they should.
- snovv_crash 1y agoIt heats them until enough damage is done that they die regardless.
- patall 1y agoSo more like necrosis, not apoptosis. Maybe non-biologists are not aware, but apoptosis is not just cell death.
- hgomersall 1y agoOr just tears them apart in the case of Histosonics.