To me, that's not surprising, because we're not necessarily killing cells".
The energy burns the tissue in a controlled way, killing cells and causing the tonsils to gradually shrink from within.
For years, scientists believed that the fungus injected toxins into the plant, killing cells and gorging on the waste.
That does a lot of damage, and is thus far more effective at killing cells than mere ionisation.Experiments recently completed by the team at CERN confirm this picture.
Conversely, radiation therapy is most effective at eradicating undetected disease at the periphery of the tumour and least effective in killing cells at the centre of large tumours.
NK cells were first recognized in 1975, when researchers observed cells in the blood and lymphoid tissues that were neither the scavengers described above nor ordinary lymphocytes but which nevertheless were capable of killing cells.
Killing cells remains the backbone of chemotherapeutic approaches to human malignancies.
Alcohol wreaks havoc on the developing brain, killing cells left and right.
In general, CAR has a fungicidal activity (namely by killing cells once in contact with the surface) on C. albicans (Ahmad et al. 2011; Braga et al. 2008).
That suggests that the damage done to the lungs is the result of an overreaction of the host, rather than the virus killing cells, Kash says.
Mad cow disease, CJD, and related illnesses are thought to be caused by infectious proteins called prions that react with normal counterparts in the brain, killing cells and resulting ultimately in death.
