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Podcast: Dr. Bob Martin Show
Episode: June 22 Zapping Cancer with Light: The Molecular Jackhammer Breakthrough That Could Eliminate Chemo HR2
Description: Imagine destroying cancer cells with nothing but a common hospital dye and a beam oflight. Researchers at Rice University have unveiled a revolutionary treatment that uses aspecial light to trigger violent vibrations in cancer cells, tearing them apart from the insidewith 99% efficiency in lab trials. Dubbed ‘molecular jackhammers,’ this method couldspare millions from chemo’s brutal side effects and target everything from melanoma tobreast cancer.Dr. Bob and Dr. Brockman take calls and emails from listeners