81. The North Carolina cancer specialists employ a new twist on a standard approach to treating this form of brain tumor using radioactive antibodies to target and kill cancer cells. 82. The light switches on the Photofrin, making it produce substances called free radicals that kill cells. 83. The new drugs, angiostatin and endostatin, work in an unusual way, and this may be the key to their remarkable success in killing cancer cells. 84. The process kills bacterial cells that can cause disease or decomposition of food. 85. The original trauma not only kills brain cells that were directly impacted, but it also generates the release of chemicals that can kill or dangerously inflame surrounding cells. 86. The radiation kills the cells in the vessel wall that are forming the scar tissue, he said. 87. The surgery was followed by postoperative radiation to kill cancer cells. 88. The toxin-free microbe was still able to kill tumor cells, breaking them open and feeding on their nutrients. 89. The treatment combines light sources and drugs to kill cancer cells. 90. The treatment was based on the idea that what actually killed the brain cells were free radicals, destructive molecules that are byproducts of the increased neurotransmitter activity. |