This week, for the first time, the ‘Cyberknife’ will be used for cancer treatment in the UK. This machine follows the patients’ breathing movement and therefor can target the tumor with much more accuracy than usual.

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A research done at the university of Texas developed a laser been that can heat a living cell up to the point where it completely evaporate. This procedure can be done in a very fast and accurate way so no other cells are harmed during this procedure.  This new technology will make it possible to have surgeries which are not possible today due to the danger of damaging healthy cells.

The metal Osmium, which was never part of the anti cancer fight, is now being tested at Warwick university, UK for cancer treatment. The metal is closley related to Platinum, which is already in use for cancer treatment for some cancer types. The benefits of the Osmium is that it can be used for more types of cancer, it is cheaper than Platinum and it can be combined with Platinum treatment as well. In addition, Platinum is a toxic metal which cause many side effects and body cells can develop resistant toward it.

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