Man Takes Cancer Fight Into His Own Hands, Designs Potential Cure

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“John Kanzius didn’t have a background in science or medicine.  He didn’t even have a college degree.  What he did have was a deadly form of leukemia.”  And he decided to do something about it.  Kanzius, using his expertise in the radio business, built a machine that essentially melts cancerous cells using radio waves.  It does not harm other cells in the body the way chemotherapy does.

In January of ’08, Kanzius had gone through 36 rounds of chemo, was weak, sick, and close to death.  By summer of last year, he was playing 18 holes of golf a day.  Though Kanzius died earlier this year, millions of dollars have since been attached to his cancer project, which is being further developed in labs by guys who went to grad school for decades.

Via Gizmodo.