The Department of Physics, in cooperation with the Development and Continuing Education Unit at the College of Science, University of Baghdad, organized a scientific lecture entitled “The Use of Plasma-Activated Water in The Treatment of Cancer Cells: New Prospects in Therapeutic Medicine”, sponsored by the Dean of the Faculty, Assistant Professor Dr. Raid Falih Hassan, and attendance of many academics, research students, and those interested in medicine.
The purpose of the lecture is to familiarize with how plasma-activated water is produced using non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma, which ionizes air and floods water with reactive oxygen and nitrogen compounds (RONS) such as hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), nitrite (NO2−) and nitrate (NO3−).
The lecture lectured by Dr. Hamad Rahim Hammoud, described the importance of plasma-activated water as an emerging treatment that uses reactive oxygen and nitrogen (RONS) to selectively target cancer cells, while reducing damage to healthy tissue, explaining how plasma-activated water can offer a promising alternative to cancer treatment, with potential benefits in safety, selectivity and non-interference.