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Shelfrock77 OP t1_ixvkh3r wrote

“A new technology developed at Tel Aviv University (TAU) makes it possible to destroy cancerous tumors in a targeted manner via a combination of ultrasound and the injection of nanobubbles into the bloodstream.”

“Our new technology makes it possible, in a relatively simple way, to inject nanobubbles into the bloodstream, which then congregate in the area of ​​the cancerous tumor,” Dr. Ilovitsh says. “After that, using a low-frequency ultrasound, we explode the nanobubbles, and thereby the tumor.”

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fumblesmcdrum t1_ixw52na wrote

So localized cavitation? Wouldn't this risk spreading metastisized cells elsewhere through the bloodstream?

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r0cket-b0i t1_ixx4ws9 wrote

There was another post about the same team that had a video about the approach, and one of the interviewed experts had a same concern even though he said that so far they don't see that happening

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