The treatment works by blocking the growth of the cancer cells and eventually causing them to self destruct.

这种治疗方式通过阻碍癌细胞的增长最终使其自我销毁。

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A new DNA-based logic circuit can sense the signs of cancer, compute that a cell is cancerous, and then cause it to self-destruct, researchers say.

研究人员表示，一种新型的基于DNA的逻辑电路能够感知癌症的征兆，发现已经癌变的细胞，然后促使它自动消亡。

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This tape will self-destruct in 30 seconds.

这盘磁带将在30秒后自毁。

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He developed what he calls a suicide molecule that acts like the protein which tells cells to self-destruct.

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It acts like the protein that directs cells to self-destruct.

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When a pulse of light is sent into the tumor using fiber optic cable that is threaded into a tumor using a biopsy needle, the molecule absorbs the light energy, converts it electrical energy that then causes tumor cells to self destruct.

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As I noted earlier, these systems are composed entirely of smart mines that self-destruct or self-deactivate in a relatively short period of time.

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