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Can Plasma Kill Only Bad Cells and Leave the Good Ones Alone? A 25-Year-Old Discovery

Next in the "Can Plasma?" series: can plasma only kill the bad cells and leave the good ones alone? Selective toxicity is one of the holy grails in medicine. Plasma has a door cracked open on this problem, and my story with it goes back 25 years.

⏱️ Chapters

00:00 The question: bad cells only, good cells alone

00:18 Three points: mechanism, research status, and why "selective" is not "simple"

00:45 What I mean by "bad cells": cancer, pathogens

00:55 Example 1: soil. E. coli 0157:H7 on bird poop can get your farm recalled

01:27 Can you kill bad E. coli but leave the soil rhizosphere alone?…

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