That is very interesting, they say it completely irradicated all the tumors in mice and the mice remained free of all cancer. One article from Oct 2004 said clinical trials were set to start this year, but I checked the Rice website and they haven't started yet. I guess they use small shells of gold, that bind to target cells only and are then superheated by infrared light, which destroys the tumor and nothing else. I can't think of a reason it couldn't be used on AN's, unless infrared can't pass through bone. Even then I'm sure there's a way, perhaps endoscopic infrared through a small burr hole, as long as it had no edges that could injure anything delicate. But I have a bad feeling that this tech will fade away, not because it wouldn't work, but because it seems to work too well. Alot of crooked corporate pharmaceutical people stand to lose alot of money if tumors can just be destroyed by a simple injection and some light.ÂÂ
