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ohgeewhiz

(193 posts)
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 03:05 PM Jul 2012

"Laser Finds, Destroys Tumors Non-Invasively"

Published on Jul 24, 2012 by LabEquipment
Laser Finds, Destroys Tumors Non-Invasively

Researchers are using ultra-short light pulses in the form of a femtosecond laser to find, map and non-invasively destroy cancerous tumors.

Source: Source: Univ. of Tennessee




Researchers at the Center for Laser Applications at the Univ. of Tennessee Space Institute have developed a technology that goes on a “seek and destroy” mission for cancerous tumors. They have harnessed the power of lasers to find, map and non-invasively destruct cancerous tumors. The technology uses a femtosecond laser, which means it pulses at speeds of one-quadrillionth of a second. The high speed enables the laser to focus in on a specific region to find and acutely map a tumor.

Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news-Laser-Finds-Destroys-Tumors-Non-Invasively-072512.aspx
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"Laser Finds, Destroys Tumors Non-Invasively" (Original Post) ohgeewhiz Jul 2012 OP
Wow! Lifelong Protester Jul 2012 #1
Fantastic research which will hopefully save many lives! katsy Jul 2012 #2
+1 think Jul 2012 #3
Actually, sophisticated legal departments at universities ohgeewhiz Jul 2012 #6
wonderful news! Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2012 #4
Another amazing cancer cure we'll never see!! FourScore Jul 2012 #5
Right. Mustn't cut into the medical industry's profits. nt valerief Jul 2012 #7
no kidding glinda Jul 2012 #8

katsy

(4,246 posts)
2. Fantastic research which will hopefully save many lives!
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 03:30 PM
Jul 2012

HOWEVER Taxpayers must claim some ownership of this research as we, collectively, contributed tax dollars to make this happen.

http://www.utk.edu/tntoday/2009/09/04/ut-knoxville-external-research-funding-doubles-for-fy-2009/

http://www.examiner.com/article/governor-s-exercise-shows-how-dependent-tennessee-is-on-the-federal-government

So... when some "pulled myself up by my lonesome" type free marketeer wants to commercialize this great technology, I would hope they also want to pay their fair share in taxes to encourage even more research and development in America's future.

It would be helpful if they signed a legal document acknowledging government's contribution to their success. So many of these successful businesspeople seem to forget that people, by their tax contributions, help support their own dreams and successes.

 

ohgeewhiz

(193 posts)
6. Actually, sophisticated legal departments at universities
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 04:45 PM
Jul 2012

negotiate deals on their patents, and rights to inventions, so that millions of dollars do flow into universities, mostly the big name ones, like Harvard, etc. They do invent stuff, or develop a patent, and they get millions from the efforts of a few professors and dozens of low-paid graduate students who worked 8-20 years in developing something, sometimes from federal grant money, or from private corporate grants.

I can't give many examples, but they are out there, where a university or college shares patent and royalty rights with corporations, drug companies, electronics firms, aerospace, aviation, etc. Then the corporation plays "hide the penny" in tax dodges with the feds for the next 50 years.

FourScore

(9,704 posts)
5. Another amazing cancer cure we'll never see!!
Sat Jul 28, 2012, 03:57 PM
Jul 2012

WooHoo!

Am I jaded or what? I apologize. It sounds fantastic. But, honestly, if I had a buck for every promising cancer thread I've seen her on DU that never happened...

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