http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7101622.stm

'Popping' bubbles to treat cancer
By Paul Rincon
Science reporter, BBC News

Scientists at the University of Oxford are trying to harness the
energy released when bubbles collapse as a way of killing off cancer
cells.

They have built a device to beam waves of ultrasound into the body,
generating bubbles at the site of a tumour.

When these bubbles pop, they release energy as heat - killing rogue cells.

The UK team plans to apply its new technique in clinical trials; it
will be used in treating patients with kidney and liver tumours.

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