Therapeutic-Laser_Therapy : Message: Superfast Laser Turns Virus Into Rubble

Sara Wrote:

An amazing 'discovery' now published in "Wired" magazine. Of course, no
mention of the work of Rife or Hulda Clark, but here it is:

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/11/laser_virus

Superfast Laser Turns Virus Into Rubble
By Alexis Madrigal Email 11.01.07 | 12:00 AM

Researchers are using this ultrashort-pulse laser to destroy the protein
shell of viruses. They say the laser frequency will not harm human cells.
Photo: Kong-Thon Tsen

A physicist and his biologist son destroyed a common virus using a superfast
pulsing laser, without harming healthy cells. The discovery could lead to
new treatments for viruses like HIV that have no cure.

"We have demonstrated a technique of using a laser to excite vibrations on
the shield of a virus and damage it, so that it's no longer functional,"
said Kong-Thon Tsen, a professor of physics at Arizona State University.
"We're testing it on HIV and hepatitis right now."

Tsen and his son Shaw-Wei Tsen, a pathology student at Johns Hopkins
University, came up with the idea while strolling in the park and discussing
the need for antiviral treatments that go beyond vaccinations. Tsen senior
has long experimented with ultrashort-pulse lasers (USPs), devices
increasingly used outside of physics.

Raydiance, a USP laser manufacturer, signed a deal with the FDA in July to
explore laser therapies. As Wired News reported earlier this year, an FDA
official estimated there could be a hundred medical uses for USP lasers,
from common laser eye treatments to cell-by-cell tumor ablation.

In the latest research, Tsen and his son demonstrated that their laser
technique could shatter the protein shell, or capsid, of the tobacco mosaic
virus, leaving behind only a harmless mucus-like mash of molecules.

The laser shattered the capsid at low energy: 40 times lower, in fact, than
the energy level that harmed human T-cells. Other types of radiation, like
ultraviolet light, kill microbes on produce, but would damage human cells.

The virus-deactivating laser works on a principle called forced resonance.
The scientists tune the laser to the same frequency the virus vibrates on.
Then they crank up the volume. Like a high-pitched sound shattering glass,
the laser vibrates the virus until it breaks.

The USP laser releases energy in femtosecond pulses -- one millionth of a
nanosecond -- at a time.

"The extreme brevity of these pulses is creating a physical effect that
traditional lasers and other types of non-laser approaches can't do," said
Scott Davison, president of the venture-backed USP laser company, Raydiance.
"What we see is a new wave of exploration and discovery in applying USP in a
whole bunch of industries and applications."

Unlike lasers used to burn through flesh in surgery, USP lasers don't
generate a lot of heat. Tsen says the technology could provide immediate
benefits for clearing viruses in blood stored in blood banks. Some viruses,
like HIV, have a window during which they are very difficult to detect.

"This technique will be very useful to disinfect all the viruses, known or
unknown," Tsen said. "This will make blood transfusion very safe."

The Tsens' technology has seen success only in test tubes. It must be tested
in animals and then humans. Treatments are still far in the future. But with
more strolls in the park, anything seems possible.

Health, Hope, Joy & Healing :
May you Prosper, even as your Soul Prospers 3John 2

Jennifer Ruby

Email advice is not a substitute for medical treatment.

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