Currently work in healthcare, with bedside experience on an oncology/stem cell transplant unit. Many thoughts on this article: I think this is going to have a

Currently work in healthcare, with bedside experience on an oncology/stem cell transplant unit. Many thoughts on this article: I think this is going to have a big impact on radiotheraphy once it becomes commercially available, and hopefully, the end outcome for patients is that it will allow them to enjoy a higher quality of life for a longer period of time. In general, radiation is not used in the treatment of all types of cancer, and when it is used, it this is a very high level commentary) is generally used to shrink the size of the tumor. Frequently, it is used after other parts of the treatment protocol have stopped working. Having said that, the mechanism of action and features from this accelerator make it seem as though patients will be able to recieve smaller doses of radiation therapy and therefore, will avoid the issues that come with the treatment, allowing that higher quality of life. I'd be interested to see the biomedical work CERN has done around disrupting the hedgehog pathways. I think that's where we're going to make a lot of progress in developing actual cures for a number of cancers. One thing I firmly believe, and wish many more people understood, is that cancer, and cancer treatment, all comes down to chemistry. And, as we know, a whole hell of a lot of chemistry, especially biochemistry, is related to those lovely subatomic particles the folks at CERN are the experts on. Cheers to this group for their new accelerator. Well done.