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*Superfast Laser Turns Virus Into Rubble*
By Alexis Madrigal 11.01.07 | 12:00 AM
www.wired.com...
A physicist and his biologist son destroyed a common virus using a
superfast pulsing laser, without harming healthy cells. The discovery
could lead to new treatments for viruses like HIV that have no cure.
"We have demonstrated a technique of using a laser to excite vibrations
on the shield of a virus and damage it, so that it's no longer
functional," said Kong-Thon Tsen, a professor of physics at Arizona
State University. "We're testing it on HIV and hepatitis right now."
Tsen and his son Shaw-Wei Tsen, a pathology student at Johns Hopkins
University, came up with the idea ....
Raydiance, a USP laser manufacturer, signed a deal with the FDA in July
to explore laser therapies. ....
In the latest research, Tsen and his son demonstrated that their laser
technique could shatter the protein shell, or capsid, of the tobacco
mosaic virus, leaving behind only a harmless mucus-like mash of molecules.
The laser shattered the capsid at low energy: 40 times lower, in fact,
than the energy level that harmed human T-cells. Other types of
radiation, like ultraviolet light, kill microbes on produce, but would
damage human cells.
"The virus-deactivating laser works on a principle called forced
resonance. The scientists tune the laser to the same frequency the virus
vibrates on. Then they crank up the volume. Like a high-pitched sound
shattering glass, the laser vibrates the virus until it breaks".
Originally posted by forsakenwayfarer
You obviously haven't got the faintest clue about the forces involved, and what is happening. Also, the boot-stomping about racism actually makes this seem less credible.
Hopefully real research and factually represented results!
Originally posted by esecallum
Actually you seem ignorant of the fact that it has been buried already...
Originally posted by Dae
Originally posted by esecallum
Actually you seem ignorant of the fact that it has been buried already...
It’s not buried! And the racism bit is amazing! Have you seen the machine they use to conduct this research? And you did read that it was only at the test tube stage and that they have to go through animals then on to humans?
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Originally posted by esecallum
Please don't make excuses.
A year has passed with not single report from them.
I think it is wrong for you to want this guy to work as a store clerk.wHAT IS WRONG WITH STORE CLERKS ANYWAY?
You must be an overpaid executive who downsizes....fires people and thinks he is smart.
Originally posted by Badge01
reply to post by beckybecky
Hi BB, If you'd be so kind, what do you mean by 'contact'?
Email, telephone, snailmail, visiting his office in person?
Just curious.
Originally posted by Dae
Keep trying but I know here in the UK university closes next week. What are you going to ask him, if you dont mind my asking?