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Chemo-Free Technique Destroys 99% of Cancer Cells in The Lab
Yahoo • • science
Key Points:
- Scientists have developed a new cancer treatment method called the "molecular jackhammer," which uses aminocyanine molecules stimulated by near-infrared light to mechanically destroy cancer cell membranes without chemotherapy, surgery, or radiation.
- The technique causes the molecules to vibrate at extremely high frequencies, physically tearing apart cancer cells, achieving a 99% success rate in lab cultures and curing half the mice in melanoma models.
- This approach is promising because it uses mechanical forces unlikely to induce cancer resistance and can penetrate deeper tissues due to near-infrared light, potentially treating cancers in bones and organs non-invasively.
- Aminocyanine molecules are already used safely in medical imaging, and studies show low doses of unactivated molecules are quickly cleared by normal cells, indicating a favorable safety profile for therapeutic use.
- While results so far are limited to lab and animal studies, ongoing research is expanding molecular jackhammer variations to target different cancer types with greater precision, marking a significant advancement in molecular cancer therapies.
