Posted on 01/08/2020 6:45:39 AM PST by cann
Doctors have used focused ultrasound to destroy tumors without invasive surgery for some time. However, the therapeutic ultrasound used in clinics today indiscriminately damages cancer and healthy cells alike.
Most forms of ultrasound-based therapies either use high-intensity beams to heat and destroy cells or special contrast agents that are injected prior to ultrasound, which can shatter nearby cells. Heat can harm healthy cells as well as cancer cells, and contrast agents only work for a minority of tumors.
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology and City of Hope Beckman Research Institute have developed a low-intensity ultrasound approach that exploits the unique physical and structural properties of tumor cells to target them and provide a more selective, safer option. By scaling down the intensity and carefully tuning the frequency to match the target cells, the group was able to break apart several types of cancer cells without harming healthy blood cells.
Their findings, reported in Applied Physics Letters, are a new step in the emerging field called oncotripsy, the singling out and killing of cancer cells based on their physical properties.
"This project shows that ultrasound can be used to target cancer cells based on their mechanical properties," said David Mittelstein, lead author on the paper. "This is an exciting proof of concept for a new kind of cancer therapy that doesn't require the cancer to have unique molecular markers or to be located separately from healthy cells to be targeted."
A solid mechanics lab at Caltech first developed the theory of oncotripsy, based on the idea that cells are vulnerable to ultrasound at specific frequencies—like how a trained singer can shatter a wine glass by singing a specific note.
The Caltech team found at certain frequencies, low-intensity ultrasound caused the cellular skeleton of cancer cells to break down, while nearby healthy cells were unscathed.
"Just by tuning the frequency of stimulation, we saw a dramatic difference in how cancer and healthy cells responded," Mittelstein said. "There are many questions left to investigate about the precise mechanism, but our findings are very encouraging."
The researchers hope their work will inspire others to explore oncotripsy as a treatment that could one day be used alongside chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiation and surgery. They plan to gain a better understanding of what specifically occurs in a cell impacted by this form of ultrasound.
Might the Left use this in arguments against ultrasound pictures?
Turn your amp up to 11.
Dr. Rife was curing cancer many moons ago with his Royal Rife machine and this was with the use of vacuum tubes.
There is a female doctor in Florida that has been utilizing this tech for a couple of years.
Sure wish affordable quality vacuum tubes were still available.
Robert Heinlein predicted this!...............
Radionics has been discredited by the medical industry from early last century.
And a frequency generator is used in Kirlian photography to capture the ‘aura’ of a person on film.
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Probably made by Ronco
Yeah but it’s cheap, and just think how much money the pharma companies, surgeons and so on would lose!
The chemo industry will never allow this to get FDA approval.
Oh, I thought this was an article on Dr. Royal Raymond Rife or on DCA.
Sorry.
Ultra sound has been used in Eurpoe for years to knock out prostrate cancer.It has not been approved here so insurance wont pay so we are all stuck with radiation which has all kinds of problems believe me I know.
Cool.... have never seen any news article on Rife.
From what info I could find, he cured many people by locating the frequency of a particular cancer then via harmonics totally destroyed the organism.
Neat stuff.... too bad the medical establishment is busy filling people full of pills instead of actually finding the root cause.
The vet told Joe that scientists had accidentally discovered that a dog de-worming drug seemed to attack cancer cells in mice.
Thanks for the tip!
Drugs that end in “azole” are typically anti-parasitical. Interestingly, many are used to treat depression such as Abilify (Aripiprazole) and some think that parasitical organisms might be at work here. Many parasites make their lungs their home, and or have to migrate there to reproduce. I wouldn’t doubt that this man was helped by fenbendazole at all.
The story has considerable credibility. The internet is a great weapon.
Couldn't resist. Glad the guy is cured.
Thanks for providing that. I hadn’t heard that before. It’s very interesting information.
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