Cancer Therapy
Pioneering experiment looks at antiprotons' effectiveness for cell irradiation
Published in Cancer Weekly, November 21st, 2006
"We have taken the first step towards a novel treatment for cancer. The results show that antiprotons are four times more effective than protons at terminating live cells. Although it still has to be compared with other existing methods, it is a breakthrough in this area of investigation," said Michael Doser at CERN, one of the scientists collaborating on the experiment. ACE brings...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2006-11-21)
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