Researchers Develop Method to Liquefy Tumors Using Sound Waves

5 February 2016

 - A new ultrasound technique is being developed that may allow cancerous tumors to be liquefied without the use of chemotherapy or electromagnetic radiation. Astonishingly, recent research into this technique conducted by scientists from the University of Washington suggests that it may also eventually allow full regeneration of damaged tissue or organs.

The findings were presented at the 168th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) in Indianapolis in October.

The technique in question, known as histotripsy, uses ultrasound to mechanically destroy cancerous or other targeted tissues. This is a departure from traditional ultrasound therapy, which destroys tissues using heat.