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ThrowAway1638497 t1_j7flsuy wrote

Reply to comment by snappedscissors in Sound Waves Trigger Anti-Cancer Immune Responses in Mice by dissolutewastrel

I believe it was a microwave with gold nano particles. But it was years ago I first heard of it. probably went through a few iterations.

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cygnoids t1_j7fndcc wrote

The do this currently with gold nanoparticles and directed light. Unfortunately, the light can only penetrate a few millimeters into the tissue so it’s not effective for most cancers. It’s called photothermal therapy.

New chemistries for PTT have been developed that can penetrate further into the tissue but still wouldn’t work for most cancers

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snappedscissors t1_j7h445e wrote

I have a cat that was used to test some iron based ones. I’m not sure if it ended up working well enough in that for. The cat didn’t have cancer, they were targeting reproductive tissue before spaying surgically to be able to examine the outcome in the tissue.

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