Possible Cancer Cure Created in Man's Garage

60 Minutes recently did a report on a man named John Kanzius, a cancer patient, who has found an innovative way to possibly cure cancer. Unfortunately for him, he may not live to see the day that he can be treated using his method.

Kanzius is a businessman who has suffered from leukemia for years and undergone chemotherapy, which is a painful, physically draining form of treatment, but the only one that is widely used to treat cancer today. Instead of waiting around for someone to find a cure, Kanzius took it upon himself. He knew a little about radio waves, and he gathered some pots and pans and went to work in his garage.

The result was probably the biggest breakthrough in cancer research history. He figured out that the radio waves could be used to destroy tumors by placing a tiny bit of metal into the tumor and focusing the radio waves on it, effectively destroy the cancer cells that the tumor is made up of. This would cause no side effects. He tested this method on a hot dog wiener (he was working in his garage, so his availability of test subjects was limited) to see if other areas would become heated surrounding the metal, and they were not.

Another cancer patient and Nobel Prize winner, Rick Smalley, had also made a discovery: tiny, metallic nanoparticles that could be injected into the body, perhaps even the bloodstream. Kanzius contacted him about obtaining some of these nanoparticles, thinking that the radio waves of his experiment could be focused onto the tiny particles once they are placed into the body. The initial experiments on animals have been successful, and hopes are high for human experimentation.

But this is where the excitement ends. As with any other great medical discovery, it could be years before this method of treatment is approved. Kanzius may not live to experience it himself, and Rick Smalley has since died from his cancer. However, his discovery still lives on, and his partnership with Kanzius could someday save millions of other cancer sufferers.