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A Robot To Destroy Breast Cancer Cells
Roland Piquepaille writes "Researchers at the University of Maryland are developing a robot able to detect and destroy breast cancer cells in a single session. After a tumor is located on an MRI, the robot will perform a biopsy of the breast while the patient is inside the scanner. 'If the biopsy displays cancerous cells, the robot will then insert a probe into the breast until it reaches the tumor. The probe will then burn the cancer cells until they are destroyed.' This looks great, but the researchers have only built a prototype. After they refine this robot, they'll need to go through clinical trials and obtain FDA approval. So this is not a robot that will appear on the medical market before several years."
It had been a while. I was beginning to worry something bad had happened to him...
"Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."
They found you a job?
"Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."
Why do all the robots get to cop a feel?
Maybe, but the ladies do need Penicillin afterwards...
I suppose the robot injection to kill the tumor/cancer will be regarded as the money shot?
You can't treat post-traumatic stress with penicillin.
Nor did I realize that penicillin is used to treat uncontrollable humiliation-based laughing.