Treating Cancer with Tumor Treating Fields: Howard Letovsky

Howard Letovsky is an inventor with an amazing life story.  He developed many key technologies in missile defense, licensed by the DOD, and also built the first virtual reality amusement park ride--Back to the Future at Universal Studios in 1991. Along the way he did plenty of other crazy things, like construct a road in Belize when there was no other way to get his equipment from the airport.  


For years now, Howard has worked on a long neglected area at the intersection of biology and physics.  Despite FDA approval of Novocure's device for treating Glioblastoma a few years ago, for the most part, the use of tumor treating fields remains underutilized in America and much of the West.  Howard has conclusively demonstrated the ability to selectively kill specific tumor cell types in vitro, by targeting them with precise acoustic frequencies that cause them to self destruct.  He shares his life story and the difficult process of commercializing his ideas in this realm, despite having successfully sold many other inventions in other industries.