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The new system will be based around ultrafast lasers.

A new laser system that can zap cancer cells that are smaller than the width of a human hair without damaging the surrounding healthy tissue is being developed. Experts at Edinburgh's Heriot-Watt University have been given £1.2 million by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) for the project. The new system will be based around ultrafast, 'picosecond' lasers that deliver energy in a series of pulses that are each just one trillionth of a second long.  Laser surgery expert Jonathan Shephard and colleagues have already demonstrated that the treatment concept can be ...

A NEW laser system that could help surgeons remove cancer more precisely and safely is being developed by Scottish-based scientists.

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