Listening for Cancer Cells

Roland Piquepaille writes "According to researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia, it's now possible to detect skin cancer cells present in blood samples by listening to the sound of melanoma cells. The scientists have used a method named photoacoustic detection, which uses a laser to make cells vibrate and ultrasound techniques to pick the sound of cancerous cells. This technique is so precise that it's possible to identify the spread of cancer even if there are only ten melanoma cells in a blood sample. Still, large clinical tests must be done before this method can be widely used."

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This one's go

[ackthpt]

This one's got the Rockinpneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flue

what do they sound like?

[revery]

Apparently cancer cells sound very much like the Starland Vocal Band and can frequently be heard singing "Afternoon Delight" while carrying out their destructive task.

Which is just one more good reason to eradicate cancer once and for all...

Luke, use photoacoustic detection...

[fahrbot-bot]

• Luke: How was your chemotherapy treatment?
• Obi-Wan: It's as if millions of cancer cells suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.

Re:They also found a new way to kill the cells too

[stunt_penguin]

And in the naked light I saw
Ten rounds of chemo, maybe more

Tumor growing without shrinking
Pack a day, what was I thinking?

Things are going wroooong,
I'm loosing all my hair....
It's not fair

This is the sound... of Cancerrr