Just before Easter, I found myself in Paris making a series of daily films for CNN for the L’Oreal UNESCO For Women in Science programme, now its 18th year.
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Category: Film
Wonders of proton beam therapy
I am making a film about proton beam therapy which is a highly advanced form of radiotherapy. Sometimes there are facts that stop you in your tracks. At the heart of the kit that hurls proton at tumours is something the size of a car which weighs as much as a Boeing 747. Huge gantries, each the size of a three storey house, house tubes down which protons are accelerated, guided by magnets. Continue reading Wonders of proton beam therapy