This is at least
a beginning and a good one. Disturbed tissues
do react. However there is plenty of
other things going on that we do not know how to detect. This is a deserving research project and we
at least have a good starting point for that magic tricorder. I think we really have a shot at it but I also
know that it will not be easy.
We can also
gather a lot of data, much not directly too informative but part of a base
pattern best known. It may be possible
to integrate that also.
I have no doubt
that such a device will eventually emerge.
Cancer Diagnosed
With Tool Similar to ‘Star Trek’ Tricorder
By Vincenzo Cassano,
July 16, 2013
BARI, Italy—An Italian scientist’s search for a
better landmine detection method brought him to the unexpected discovery of a
device to detect a more deadly foe—cancer.
The Trimprob (Tissue Resonance InterferoMeter Probe)
Bioscanner is noninvasive and quick. Its use recalls Star Trek’s fictional
device, the tricorder—the doctor passes it over the patient’s body and a
frequency diagram signals a problem area in real time. In two to five minutes a
diagnosis is made, eliminating the emotional strain of awaiting results and
allowing for a quicker start to treatment.
Clarbruno Vedruccio, a physicist and engineer, had
gastritis in 1992 while developing landmine detection instruments. He noticed
that the radio waves from his device interacted selectively with the ill tissue
in his body. He found at 930 megahertz (MHz), the middle of the cellphone
frequency band, he could detect inflamed tissues.
He redirected his research and found 462–465 MHz
was the key frequency for detecting cancer. Mitochondria and microtubules
vibrate on that frequency when they are degraded because of cancer.
He patented the Trimprob in 1999, and recently
signed an agreement with Emergency Solutions to get it into hospitals. Dr.
Giuseppe Peda uses the Trimprob on his patients in the southern Italian region
of Calabria.
Peda told the Epoch Times he only uses the
instrument for the diagnosis of prostate tumors, as the studies only show that
cancer can be detected in this kind of tumor with accuracy.
The test results show variable degrees of precision
with other kinds of cancer—usually about 70 percent, Vedruccio said in a YouTube video.
Peda confirmed that the examination is easy and
noninvasive. This has made patients interested in using it, but many physicians
remain reluctant because of a lack of information, Peda said. Still, the
Trimprob is available in about 50 hospitals in Italy, and also in Iran, Brazil,
Japan, Turkey, France, Sweden, Malaysia, and Belgium.
The costs are relatively low. An appointment and use
of the scanner costs roughly 130 euros ($170), but most of that fee is due to
the visit and not to the scan.
The Trimprob is likely to be used only as an
instrument for the first diagnosis, which is then confirmed using traditional
means, Vedruccio said. Peda said the Trimprob is gentler than traditional means.
It emits a magnetic field weaker than that of a cordless phone.
Vedruccio has met with both skepticism and support
from the scientific community. At a conference he attended, an audience member
accused him of “witchcraft,” he recalled in an interview with Italian newspaper Il
Giornale.
He was given an honor by Italy’s president only
bestowed once before—on Guglielmo Marconi, who invented the telegraph.
Vedruccio gave a nod to the sci-fi aspect of his
invention, explaining in the video that when he chose the name “Trimprob,” he
also had in mind “tricorder medical probe … the tricorder of Star Trek used
on the Enterprise battleship.”
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