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Sound Waves Kill Skin and Prostate Cancer Cells

Posted by samzenpus on from the sing-the-cancer-away dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "A recent Study in the British Journal of Cancer shows that the use of Quercitin and 20KHz ultrasound for 60 seconds killed skin and prostate cancer cells. 90% of the abnormal cells were dead within 48hrs. Since low frequency ultrasound was previously shown to enhance the skin penetration of topical substances up to 1000 times, it would seem that a topical Quercetin cream with a low frequency ultrasound wand might be just the ticket for those annoying little skin cancers that tend to occur in older geeks who have spent a bit of time in the sun."

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  1. Killing cancer? by ZaBu911 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sounds great!

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  2. Wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    geeks who have spent a bit of time in the sun

    They exist?

    1. Re:Wow by (negative+video) · · Score: 4, Funny
      geeks who have spent a bit of time in the sun
      They exist?
      What is this "sun" of which you speak?
    2. Re:Wow by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 3, Funny

      They exist?

      Depends... do they mean "in the Sun(TM)"?

  3. Full-text of article: by mendaliv · · Score: 2, Funny

    Induction of cancer-specific cytotoxicity towards human prostate and skin cells using quercetin and ultrasound (god that's a mouthful)

  4. Re:Text of Article for those who can't get BJC by Krach42 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Serious dude... paragraphs, are awesome.

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  5. Slight problem eh? by product+byproduct · · Score: 3, Funny

    Too bad the 20 Kelvin*Hertz waves kill skin.

  6. Sun ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Sun? Only serious geeks program those... This is one of the few times I'm glad I program a Windows box.

  7. Just perfect... by nemik · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now I have to choose between keeping my skin or avoiding prostate cancer....

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  8. Re:Misleading headline by c_fel · · Score: 2, Funny

    You're right. It helps the drug penetrate the body. And I tried it. I smoked my pot while listening a low frequency ultrasound and I felt 90% stoner !

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  9. Marketer's dream by itwerx · · Score: 2, Funny

    just the ticket for those annoying little skin cancers that tend to occur in older geeks who have spent a bit of time in the sun.

    Oh yeah, and we all know that's a billion-dollar market just waiting be tapped! :)

  10. Re:Where? by Bing+Tsher+E · · Score: 2, Funny

    It rubs the cream upon it's skin. Or else it gets the probe again.

  11. Yes Comrade! by Stonent1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    In Soviet Britain, you kill cancer!

  12. Ouch! by Jugalator · · Score: 2, Funny

    I for one... am not entirely sure I welcome our new sound/vibration emitting anal probe developing overlords. :-/

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