of the motivation for me is to make sure that anybody who can get online can learn about what we re doing here at cern. so, what can this place do more immediately for humanity? well, the high energy beams that are whizzing around cern are created by particle accelerators big ones. but there are many, many smaller ones around the world, and some of those are in hospitals, and they are being used to treat something that will affect a great many of us during our lifetimes cancer. this is the christie in manchester europe s largest cancer hospital, and it is one of two places in the uk where cancer patients come to be treated with proton beam therapy. it is a special form of radiotherapy which usually uses radiation high energy x rays to try and kill tumours in the body, but the christie has a particle accelerator, and that means they can fire beams of protons at the cancer. when radiation goes
places in the uk where cancer patients come to be treated with proton beam therapy. it is a special form of radiotherapy which usually uses radiation high energy x rays to try and kill tumours in the body but the christy has a particle accelerator and that means they can fire beams of protons at the cancer. can fire beams of protons at the cancer- can fire beams of protons at the cancer. ~ ., ., ., ., , the cancer. when radiation goes into a patient. the cancer. when radiation goes into a patient, obviously - the cancer. when radiation goes into a patient, obviously you i into a patient, obviously you want to use it to kill the tumour but it goes through normal healthy tissue and that gives rise to the side effects. that is what makes patients ill, and if you cant reduce the side effects to the normal tissue then you can improve quality of life after the treatment. protons being particles slowed down as they entered the tissue and they stopped within the tumour and do not go any fur
will affect a great many of us during our lifetimes cancer. this is the christie in manchester europe s largest cancer hospital, and it is one of two places in the uk where cancer patients come to be treated with proton beam therapy. it is a special form of radiotherapy which usually uses radiation high energy x rays to try and kill tumours in the body, but the christie has a particle accelerator, and that means they can fire beams of protons at the cancer. when radiation goes into a patient, obviously you want to use it to kill the tumour, but it goes through normal healthy tissue, and that gives rise to the side effects. that is what makes patients ill, and if you can reduce the side effects to the normal tissue then you can improve quality of life after the treatment. protons being particles slow down as they enter the tissue,
high energy beams that are whizzing around cern are created by particle accelerators. big ones. and there are many many smaller ones around the world and some of those are in hospitals. and they are being used to treat something that will effect a great many of us during our lifetimes. cancer. this is the christie in manchester, europe s largest cancer hospital. it is one of two places in the uk where cancer patients come to be treated with proton beam therapy. it is a special form of radiotherapy which normally uses radiation, high energy x rays, to try and kill tumours in the body. but at the christie has a particle accelerator. and that means that they can fire beams of protons at they can fire beams of protons at the cancer. they can fire beams of protons at the cancer- they can fire beams of protons at the cancer. ~ ., . ., ., , ., the cancer. when radiation goes into a atient, the cancer. when radiation goes into a patient, obviously, the cancer. when radiation goes into a pat