MisterVelveteen
MisterVelveteen t1_iya2sts wrote
Reply to Researchers have developed a new method of killing brain cancer cells while preserving the delicate tissue around it: placing long needles through the skull and sending pulses of electrical current into a glioblastoma tumour, this makes chemotherapy treatment of brain cancer suddenly possible by giuliomagnifico
Definitely nice to see there's another potential alternative to radiation-beam therapy, which doesn't just hit the sensitive tissues at the target area but also everything in the path of the beam.
Additionally, it's interesting to think that the byproduct of disrupting the blood-brain barrier might have even more widespread clinical applications than the intended procedure.
MisterVelveteen t1_iw1awb3 wrote
Reply to comment by smegdawg in Scientists Taught an AI to ‘Sleep’ So That It Doesn't Forget What It Learned, Like a Person. Researchers say counting sleep may be the best way for AIs to exhibit life-long learning. by mossadnik
Probably not and more like a Hebbeian network
MisterVelveteen t1_iybzehi wrote
Reply to comment by FancyJams in Researchers have developed a new method of killing brain cancer cells while preserving the delicate tissue around it: placing long needles through the skull and sending pulses of electrical current into a glioblastoma tumour, this makes chemotherapy treatment of brain cancer suddenly possible by giuliomagnifico
I guess you can tell that to my personal acquaintance with permanent vocal chord damage from beam therapy for glioblastoma, they'll be stoked to hear I'm wrong.