Fine-tuning lasers to destroy blood-borne diseases like AIDS
Date: 4.11.2007
Physicists in Arizona State University have designed a **revolutionary laser technique** which can destroy **viruses and bacteria** such as AIDS without damaging human cells and may also help reduce the spread of hospital infections such as MRSA.
Femtosecond laser pulses, through a process called Impulsive Stimulated Raman Scattering (ISRS), produces lethal vibrations in the protein coat of microorganisms, thereby destroying them. The effect of the vibrations is similar to that of high-pitched noise shattering glass.
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