Some good news -- for a change.
Posted on 11/04/2007 7:58:19 AM PST by Zakeet
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - New research reports posted on the American Cancer Society's Web site late Tuesday suggest that a Florida man with no medical training may have invented a machine that could lead to a cure for cancer. "It gives me goose bumps that there might be a better way to do this and it looks like it's happening," said John Kanzius, inventor of the machine.
Kanzius, 63, is a former broadcast executive from Pennsylvania who wondered if his background in physics and radio could come in handy in treating the disease from which he suffers himself.
Created in his Sanibel Island, Fla., garage, Kanzius' contraption kills cancer cells using non-invasive radio waves, WPBF News 25 reported.
Kanzius explained that the science of his machine uses a solution filled with nanoparticles, each of which measure no more than one-billionth of a meter. A test subject would be injected with either gold or carbon nanoparticles, which would make their way through the body and attach to the cancerous cells. The test subject would then enter the machine and receive a dose of radio frequency waves, theoretically heating and killing the cancerous cells in moments and leaving nearby cells untouched.
In a recent experiment using his invention, scientists at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, received some promising results.
According to a report due to be released in Decemeber in the American Cancer Society's Journal, Cancer, during the experiment, six rabbits with liver tumors were injected with a nanoparticle solution and placed inside Kanzius' radio-frequency machine. Two minutes later, the tumors were completely gone and there was no major damage to the surrounding healthy cells, according to the report.
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Some good news -- for a change.
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“I believe EVERY SINGLE other Republican candidate would be just as tough on terrorism “
I do not doubt your beliefe. All I’m saying is that Rudy has demonstrated his leadership. I seem to be the only one counting on evidence while everyone is dismissing either his demonstrated leadership (ALA Churchill)on 9/11 or dismissing it as his only evidence of leadership. To ignore what specifically he has done and to then judge him against the others with their lack of evidence of leadership is a specious premise.
Why do the nanoparticles attach preferentially to the tumors vs. healthy cells?
Sorry. Wrong p[ost MR. Moderator, please remove my last post. Tha nk you
Here is what I meant to post.
This man’s research has a far better chance of showing results for the betterment of mankind than embryonic stem cell research ever will. There are currently 1t least 72 therapies using adult/cord stem cells available for treatment. Embryonic stem cells = 0 with none on the horizon.
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Don’t worry the FDA will squash the invention in No TimE!!
I really hope it works.
FIGHT ON!
Man, that 2008 Presidential Election sure is a cancer spreading throughout the media. Maybe there’s some way to put it into remission for another 8 months?
Why would they do that, and how would they know?
Interestingly the FDA is much easier on therapeutic ‘devices’ than they are on drugs. In this instance it wouldn’t be the ‘machine’ per se that they would scrutinize most. It would be the nanoparticles and any potential toxicity they might have. Cancer cells are generally more mitotically active than normal cells (with the exception of that regenerate skin, hair, the lining of the gut, blood cells etc., and it may be that the radiofrequency energy, augmented by the nanoparticles, selectively kills cells that are actively dividing. It’s a cool concept.
Can we use Kansius’ machine on terrorists? I suspect not any more than we can really use it on cancers.
Like they did with my magic carburetor that lets your car run on water!
Rudy is a thug. His behavior as a prosecutor was little better than Nifong’s.
The nanotechnology is engineered to seek out certain chemicals present in Cancer. There are chemical markers given off by certain cancers. In my case, the chemical marker for my cancer is called a CEA count. It indicates the possible presence of cancer if the marker is above 3.4 for my case and age.
I have heard of CEA numbers at 300 and higher; mine is currently at 3.2 and going lower. Cancer is also indicated by what is called “hyper metabolic activity”. This is where the Growing Cancer cells are rapidly growing and metabolizing glucose. This is the foundation for a PET scan.
Fortunately or unfortunately, one becomes a knowledgeable resource for stuff like this after 9 operations, 3 rounds of Chemotherapy and a violent anaphylactic shock reaction to the Chemo therapy, I’m still standing.
ping - Sanibel? Hmmmmm, they’ve got some intelligent guys there...
They didn't have nanoparticles thirty years ago, or the means to control where they went in the body.
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