SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 7 days agoWhat technology are you excited about?message-squaremessage-square73linkfedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up149arrow-down1message-squareWhat technology are you excited about?SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 7 days agomessage-square73linkfedilinkfile-text
Other than AI ideally. I’ve long been fascinated by CRISPR. Wanna hear about niche tech or anything y’all find fascinating
minus-squareZiggurat@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up19·7 days agoInternal alpha-therapy. Imagine, attaching a radioactive atom to a biological marker that fixes to a tumour, and deliver radiation at the very right place, rather than having to cross healthy tissues with radiation.
minus-squarezelnix@lemmy.mlcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 hours agoI mean that sort of thing is already a thing. For some cancers will will insert radioactive beads e.g. lover cancer (HCC)
minus-squareZiggurat@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoThere is a lot of research going on into injectable alpha emittors. Which is less agressive than putting a radioactive bead at the end of a needle. I hope to see it real in like a decade
minus-squareSnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 days agoOk I’ve heard of this somewhere. It seems like theres a lot going on in medicine!
Internal alpha-therapy.
Imagine, attaching a radioactive atom to a biological marker that fixes to a tumour, and deliver radiation at the very right place, rather than having to cross healthy tissues with radiation.
I mean that sort of thing is already a thing. For some cancers will will insert radioactive beads e.g. lover cancer (HCC)
There is a lot of research going on into injectable alpha emittors. Which is less agressive than putting a radioactive bead at the end of a needle.
I hope to see it real in like a decade
Ok I’ve heard of this somewhere. It seems like theres a lot going on in medicine!