The Kanzius Machine is a cancer fighting device invented by John Kanzius after he was diagnosed with Leukemia and treated with chemotherapy.
John Kanzius
John Kanzius was devastated by the effects of chemotherapy on other patients, especially children, and wanted to find a form of treatment with no side-effects.
In October, 2003, in the middle of the night, Kanzius was struck with the idea of killing cancer cells using radio waves. He began the construction of the Kanzius Machine using radio parts and his wife's frying pans.
The Kanzius Machine basically uses radio waves that heat specific metals. Tiny bits of the metal are placed into the cancer patient and the radio waves are attracted to the metal, only targeting the cancerous cells, rapidly heating and killing them, leaving the healthy cells unaffected.
Kanzius told 60 Minutes he hopes to live long enough to see the machine cure humans.
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Requires no needles or incisions
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Testing on animals is being performed
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First tested machine with particle-injected hot dogs
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Kanzius was diagnosed with terminal leukemia in 2003
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Kanzius has had 36 rounds of chemotherapy treatments
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Kanzius has no medical background
