Wonder what the wavelength on this thing is.  I bet V can make an LED that does it if wavelength is the issue rather than light coherency. (do I have that terminology right?  But how do we know where the viruses are in the body and then zap them? Not quite the same as a petrie dish.

OTOH there is mention of pulsing blood during dialysis to kill stuff.  Sounds a lot like what Dr. Douglass called  "Photoluminescence" where a few ccs of blood is removed, exposed to UV light then put back in the body.  The last place I knew that did that was put out of biz.

Saralou

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http://www.newscientisttech.com/article.ns?id=dn12368&feedId=online-news_rss20


he researchers applied pulses of purple-coloured light lasting just 100 femtoseconds (10^-15 seconds) to viruses called M13 bacteriophages. It takes just a single pulse to destroy the viruses completely, say the researchers.

The "power density" of the laser is just 5 microjoules per square centimetre, which is low enough to leave surrounding human cells and tissue undamaged, but high enough to produce large-amplitude vibrations in a virus's capsid. It is also too low to cause genetic mutations, meaning the virus will not build up resistant to the treatment over time.

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Teams from three U.S. universities and medical schools have discovered a novel way of killing viruses by using an intense pulse of visible light.

A pulse of purple-colored laser-light applied to viruses, called M13 bacteriophages, destroyed the viruses completely.

The power density of the light is low enough that it does not damage surrounding cells and tissue, but high enough to produce large-amplitude vibrations in the virus’ shell, which causes it to disintegrate.

Scientists believe there are significant advantages to this method, compared to conventional techniques like UV irradiation, and microwaves. UV irradiation can cause mutations, which eventually makes the micro-organism resistant to treatment, and UV light can also damage the DNA of surrounding healthy cells.

Plans are underway to test the efficacy of the technique on a variety of deadly viruses, including the HIV virus, and hepatitis C, in the hopes of designing new treatments for blood-borne viral diseases.

New Scientist July 27, 2007
Source: Light Pulses Knock Out Viruses
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