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TOMSK, Aug 31 –
RIA Tomsk. Scientists of Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics (TUSUR) research whether the equipment intended for test of
space devices will help to struggle with malignant tumors, the press service of
the higher education institution reported on Wednesday.
According to the
press service, TUSUR scientists developed climatic screened TEM-camera for test
of radio-electronic equipment before its start in space. A basic element of
this construction is a TEM-camera which can radiate picosecond pulses (one
trillionth fraction of a second).
"Theoretically
use of picosecond impulses will allow to create new strategies of management of
cellular and subcellular processes with a possibility of development of ways of
highly effective noninvasive influences for the medical purposes, in particular
for treatment of malignant new growths (tumors)", – it is said in the
message.
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Scientists
watched as one-fold impacts of picosecond pulses on mice's liver influence a
certain element of cells – mitochondrions. During the experiment it was
succeeded to record change of speed and level of breathing of mitochondrions
because of this influence. It allowed to assume that it will be possible to
initiate different processes in organism and to treat different diseases,
including cancer by means of TEM-camera in the future.
According to the
press service, scientists should find a way to make long experiments with
application of picosecond impulses. So far it represents a certain complexity
because during the research it is impossible to support all conditions for
activity of a biological object.
According to the
scientists, it will be possible to solve this problem by means of climatic
screened TEM-camera, patented in 2015, and the biomedical table entering its
construction. The full-fledged device will be provided in 2017, it is planned
to involve scientists from the Institute of High Current Electronics SB RAS and
other scientific organizations of Tomsk.