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Electro-Scalpel "Sniffs Out" Tumors

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 14, 2009 @08:41PM from the smells-like-health dept.

TechReviewAl writes "Researchers in Germany have developed a surgical tool that uses chemical analysis to identify cancerous tissue as a surgeon cuts. The instrument uses a modified mass spectrometer — a device that uses ionized molecules to perform very accurate chemical analysis — to pinpoint tumors so that surgeons can make sure they remove everything. Mass spectrometry has been used to study biopsied biological samples before, but never used in-situ. The key was to harness ionized gas already produced by the electro-scalpel."

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Yes by Anonymous Coward · 2009-10-14 21:15 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Ah, I see.
A wizard did it.
Everybody knows this by For+a+Free+Internet · 2009-10-14 22:02 · Score: -1, Offtopic

"Cancer" is caused by microscopic goat hairs that Italian terrorists hide in our anus while we sleep. Get rid of the Italians, get rid of the problem is what I say. The Italians should go back to Mexico where they came from.

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