Superfast Laser Turns Virus Into Rubble


	Superfast Laser Turns Virus Into Rubble

iskandar

11-1-2007 7:18 AM

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11-1-2007 11:31 PM

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everything has a frequency. The right frequency can work in the same way as a high frequency note can shatter glass.

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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. 
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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. 
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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. 
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