I just like making my post titles really outrageous!
According to Science Daily, light can actually trigger cancer cells to die, known as a death switch. This switch is turned on by exposing a peptide the researches created to "external light pulses [that will] convert it into a cell death signal".
From what I took out of the article, it seems as if they will be able to alter the interactions in B-cell lymphoma cancer cells thus controlling rapid division and slowing the growth process down if not totally stopping the spread.
They propose the idea that through this method of transient photoactivation, they will be able to identify the cells that are "normally resistant to chemotherapy", thus aid in the development of treatments for cancer patients that will be more effective.
My question to you all is, how does this differ from radiation? Isn't radiation killing cancer cells by light in the form of lasers?
The link to the article is below:
Light Triggers Death Switch in Cancer Cells
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