Antimatter: possible way to treat cancer? Physicists play with a particle accelerator.(Heard on the Street)(PBar Labs)(European Institute for Nuclear Research)(Brief Article) From: Design News | Date: June 28, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 Reed Business Information. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

In a big pit at CERN, the European Institute for Nuclear Research in Geneva, a particle accelerator churns out antimatter that has the potential to treat cancer. A California company, PBar Labs, is sponsoring experiments to determine if antimatter can zap tumors in hamster cells. If this therapy works, plans are to treat human cancers. Unlike conventional radiotherapy, antimatter can be precisely calibrated to destroy only cancer cells. And as antimatter doesn't travel far in air, ...