Here’s a story from 60 Minutes about a device known as the Kanzius Machine that uses radio waves to destroy cancer cells. Video Enclosure: 60 Minutes Story on Kanzius Machine Developed by retired broadcaster and leukemia patient John Kanzius, the Kanzius Machine works by using a noninvasive radio wave generator to warm nanoparticles within cancer [...]

Radiologist Michael Kuo believes there is a way to get important details about tumors hidden inside liver cancer patients without subjecting them to surgical biopsies. Using the concept of the Star Trek tricorder as their inspiration, he and his team are researching the possibility of using scanning devices outside of the body to noninvasively determine [...]

Biomedical engineers have developed a new method for destroying cancer cells which doesn’t require drugs or damage healthy tissue. The innovative process is called irreversible electroporation, or IRE, and it uses short intense electric pulses to create openings in the pores of cancer cells causing them to die. IRE was invented by two engineers, Rafael [...]

Not so long ago, only medical professionals and sedated patients were allowed inside the operating room while surgery was taking place…not anymore! An amazing web site called ORlive is now giving anyone with internet access the chance to view detailed footage of actual operations. screenshot from or-live.com video This innovative site’s search engines allow users [...]

Researchers at the University of Florida in Jacksonville and the University of Michigan have identified a protein which is present in the urine of bladder cancer patients, but absent in other individuals. The discovery of this potential biomarker moves scientists closer to developing improved diagnostic tools for finding the disease while it is still in [...]