Anti-Matter's Potential in Treating Cancer 216
eldavojohn writes "The BBC is taking a look at how atomic physicists are developing cancer treatments. A step past radiotherapy, the CERN institute is publishing interesting results: 'Cancer cells were successfully targeted with anti-matter subatomic particles, causing intense biological damage leading to cell death.' The press release from last year is finally sparking interest in the medical community."
Ah yes.. (Score:5, Funny)
Newfangled, downtown fancy pants hightech. (Score:3, Funny)
Sounds too newfangled and high tech for me.
I'd prefer it if they used they did what they did back in my great-great-grandfather's time: the Shotgun Method
The doctor/vet/farmboy would place the muzzle of the shotgun to the tumour and blast it out. Sure, there's some peripheral damage and blood loss but it's tried and true. Sucks if you use it to treat testicular cancer, but a light 410 load of birdshot, some frozen peas and you'd be back on your feet in 8 months.
But my complete understanding of physics says... (Score:3, Funny)
(either that or you need to reverse the polarity of something or other and channel the output through the main sensor grid)
TDz.
I call see the ads now (Score:3, Funny)
Re:brilliant (Score:2, Funny)
Re:What about this? (Score:2, Funny)
Is anyone else turned off by the idea of putting material in your body that will literally annihilate parts of you?
Like what booze is doing to my liver?
Re:Ah yes.. (Score:5, Funny)
Overdosing Kills (Score:4, Funny)
Cause: Drug overdose
Location: A little bit over here,little bit over there, and significant portions missing.
Somewhere in a parallel universe... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Okay n00b question (Score:5, Funny)
It is kind of like negative Mod points. They anialate your Karma.
So how do we administer it? (Score:3, Funny)
Doctor: "Nurse, please fix me up a syringe full of antimatter!"
Nurse: "Sure thing doc." Goes into store room. Clattering sound...
Doctor: "Now where the hell did she go!"
Re:Okay n00b question (Score:1, Funny)
*me ducks*
Re:Ah yes.. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Ah yes.. (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah, having to reboot all your nanobots is so much worse than dying of cancer. The terrible spectre of EMP is a little less scary when you're already gonna die.
While I'm on the subject, though, cut them some slack. They're using antimatter. Antimatter! As medicine. Antimatter as medicine! This is the most awesome thing I've read this year. I thought nitroglycerin was cool, but this -- what's next? Using Great Old Ones to soothe colicky babies?
Antimatter Enema (Score:3, Funny)
Re:This wont work. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Okay n00b question (Score:3, Funny)
Re:So how do we administer it? (Score:4, Funny)
Although they have to be careful not to damage the surrounding tissue. This means avoiding use of antimuscles, anticonnective tissue, antibones, antilivers, and antibrains.
Re:brilliant (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Ah yes.. (Score:5, Funny)
I Cured Cancer! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:brilliant (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Okay n00b question (Score:2, Funny)
Gerry
Re:So how do we administer it? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Ah yes.. (Score:3, Funny)
For thoses worried about potential health effectses of anti-matter, I likes to present my own alternative research: The Hammer's Potential in Treating the Cancer.
Scientists say 'Cancer cells were successfully targeted with a hammer, causing intense biological damage leading to cell death.'
It works like this - you stands very still, and I hits you in the cancer with hammer.