In
laboratory experiments, the method using aminocyanine molecules managed to
destroy up to 99 percent of human aggressive melanoma (skin cancer) cells.
According
to the working principle of the method, special molecules attach to the cancer
cell membrane. Then, under the influence of infrared light, the molecules begin
to vibrate synchronously 40 trillion times per second.
Scientists
conditionally call this process a "molecular jackhammer". Such
powerful mechanical vibrations simply shatter the outer shell of the cancer
cell.
It is said
that cancer cells adapt to chemotherapy over time. However, they cannot develop
a tolerance against such mechanical force.
The
technology has so far been tested in the laboratory. To apply the test to
humans, its safety level will still need to be verified.
