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Electroporation 'Knife' for Cancer Friday, February 06, 2009 - Anuradha Menon Home >> Headlines >> Cancer Research   
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Electroporation, a technique that microbiologists have long used experimentally to temporarily punch holes in cell membranes and ferry drugs or genes into them, may yield new benefits for cancer treatment, according to medical-device firm AngioDynamics, in Queensbury, N.Y. Last month, the company showed off an electroporation device that it claims can kill cancerous tumor cells with remarkable specificity while inflicting little or no damage on surrounding structures and causing no pain. (source: spectrum.ieee.org)
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