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Anti-Matter's Potential in Treating Cancer

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the healthy-physics dept.

eldavojohn writes "The BBC is taking a look at how atomic physicists are developing cancer treatments. A step past radiotherapy, the CERN institute is publishing interesting results: 'Cancer cells were successfully targeted with anti-matter subatomic particles, causing intense biological damage leading to cell death.' The press release from last year is finally sparking interest in the medical community."

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  1. Re:Okay n00b question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll


    Hey, this is great timing! I just found this website called Google. It looks like some sort of funky search thing that will tell you which tube of teh intarweb to go down for the information you want.

  2. Re:Reo-virus may kill 2/3 of all cancers. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Cry me a fucking river.