New Cancer Treatment

I was reading an article the other day about new research being done in the field of cure against cancer. The ongoing battle scientist have had with cancer might have a somewhat promising future for both researchers and patients. Imagine zapping a cellular molecule with huge electric discharge that would destroy a specific type of organism, say a malignant tumour for example. This is what researchers have been experimenting with these days.

They are using thousands of volts, four thousand amperes and over one hundred million watts to target specific regions of a body to destroy cancer cells. Those surges of energy are called power pulse and would only be administered for a few billionths of a second; there lies the trick.
This new field of research, bioelectric, is an emerging field of study on its own. It is a combination of two very different fields of study, high voltage engineering and biology. Depending on the path and location of the required treatment, the pulse would be calculated and determined for that specific area. A cell can be compared to an electric circuit made up of tiny electrical components; technically, with the appropriate signal, any part of that cell can be destroyed, where lies the idea of targeting cancerous cells and tumours for treatment.

This is just another great example of what technology has been able to offer and what it might just provide us with over the next decade. Engineers and scientists have done more in the last 15 years than the previous 50 with the advancement of research and development in the field of semiconductors. Thanks to these advancements, we may be one day able to cure all forms of cancer.