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		elric 79 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ultrasound is ushering a new era of surgery-free c... I doubt ultrasound would trigger apoptosis in cancer cells, one of the reasons they're cancerous is that they refuse to commit suicide when they should.

snovv_crash 79 days ago [–]

It heats them until enough damage is done that they die regardless.

patall 78 days ago | | [–]

So more like necrosis, not apoptosis. Maybe non-biologists are not aware, but apoptosis is not just cell death.

hgomersall 78 days ago | | [–]

Or just tears them apart in the case of Histosonics.

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