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Star Trek, Cousin Alfred & Cancer Research

Posted by on December 26, 2011

I’m exploring my 95-year-old cousin Alfred’s breakthrough cancer detection research from the 1970s, in which he applied electricity to a drop of blood sitting upon NASA-created liquid crystals, and took remarkable photographs of the resulting color patterns. Here’s Alfred in a 1982 “In Search of” TV episode, hosted by Leonard “Spock” Nemoy:

In nearly all test cases, healthy blood produced symmetrical images (left), while cancerous blood produced more sporadic images (right):

Healthy blood (left), cancerous blood (right)

If you and someone you know is interested, I’m in search of a team of scientists, cancer researchers, medical photographers to help preserve Alfred’s knowledge, methodology and perhaps re-start his research. Combining his research with modern digital imaging and computer analysis could yield important results in cancer detection, and may have application to the field of Kirlian energy / aura research.

 

 

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