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• v  wear away through erosion or vaporization
• v  remove an organ or bodily structure

• Earth is constantly bombarded by small meteorites that ablate and burn in the upper atmosphere.
• These minimally invasive surgeries can ablate or destroy a tumor using radiofrequency or lasers via a probe not much bigger than an IV needle.
• MRgFUS is a non-invasive procedure that uses high-intensity ultrasound waves to heat and destroy (ablate) uterine fibroids.

News & Articles

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• First Patient Treated for Essential Tremor in Phase III Clinical Trial of ExAblate Neuro Focused Ultrasound System
  TIRAT CARMEL, Israel, September 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- InSightec Ltd, the global leader in MR guided focused ultrasound, announced that the first patient has been treated as part of an ExAblate Neuro ...
  Sept. 10, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Barry Schuler in Wired News
  You could have cancer in your arm,says Schuler. "We could figure out the ablate frequency of a cancer cell. We zap your arm with the laser, destroying the cancer cells, while leaving the healthy ones intact."