长久以来，人们谈“癌”色变，癌症是医学界难以攻克的问题，现在医疗水平不断发展，科学家不断研究新的阻止癌细胞扩散的方法，微型激光器的研究史一个很大的进步。本期写作素材节选自《经济学人》文章Microscopic lasers(微型激光器)。 p`1d'n [
latest attempt, by Vladimir Zharov of the University of Arkansas and Mark Stockman of Georgia State University, in Atlanta, involves injecting cancer patients with hordes of tiny lasers that will seek out and destroy so-called circulating tumour cells (CTCs). These are cells that have broken off a primary tumour and which, if left unchecked, might lodge in various parts of the body and turn into secondary cancers, a process called metastasis. -ihF)^"a
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抗氧化剂可以通过清除活性氧化物而抑制癌转移的发生。 TWx<)
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The latest attempt, by Vladimir Zharov of the University of Arkansas and Mark Stockman of Georgia State University, in Atlanta, involves injecting cancer patients with hordes of tiny lasers that will seek out and destroy so-called circulating tumour cells (CTCs). These are cells that have broken off a primary tumour and which, if left unchecked, might lodge in various parts of the body and turn into secondary cancers, a process called metastasis. P< WD_W
阿肯萨斯大学的Vladimir Zharow和来自阿特兰大乔治亚州立大学的Mark Stockman的最新尝试将大量的微小激光器注射到癌症病人体内，这些激光器会找出并毁灭所谓的游离肿瘤细胞(CTCs)。CTCs是从原发肿瘤上脱落的细胞，如果被漏检，它们有可能会在身体的每一个组织上“寄宿”，并且成为二级癌症，这个过程称为癌细胞的转移。 lf|^^2'*2<
