We don't know much about science, but this seems pretty cool. A female scientist invented a high-resolution laser microprobe to be used in surgery to remover cancerous cells in the epithelium layer.This laser system, previously used in LASIK surgery, produces a high-energy light pulses which are extremely brief and they sear a targeted cell so quickly and accurately that heat produced from the laser get no time to escape and damage the nearby cells.
As a result the medical community envisions the lasers’ use for more accurate destruction of many types of unhealthy material. These include small tumors of the vocal cords, cancer cells left behind after the removal of solid tumors, or individual cancer cells scattered throughout brain.
Read more in the MIT Technology Review.
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