How Scientists Explored Resonant Frequencies for Destroying Cancer Cells
Research teams have investigated whether specific resonant frequencies can disrupt certain types of cancer cells.
A modern experimental approach suggests that resonant frequencies may be able to affect or destroy selected types of cancer cells. In a TEDx talk titled “Shattering Cancer Cells with Resonant Frequencies,” Anthony Holland — professor and director of music education at Skidmore College — described his team’s research and his vision of a future where cancer treatments are less toxic and more targeted.
What Is Resonant Frequency?
Many people have seen the demonstration where a person breaks a glass using only their voice.
This phenomenon occurs due to resonance.
Every physical object has a natural resonant frequency.
If an external sound or vibration matches this frequency and increases in intensity, the structure can break — just like a crystal glass shattering under a strong, matching tone.
Inspired by this concept, Holland and his research team wondered:
Could living microorganisms or cells react the same way?
Their search led them to the work of Chinese researcher Dr. Mae-Wan Ho, who proposed that living cells behave similarly to liquid crystals.
This inspired the researchers to explore whether specific electrical signals could influence living cells — similar to how LCD technology manipulates liquid crystal structures.
Finding the Right Device
While searching through patent databases, Holland’s team discovered a therapeutic device developed by Dr. James Bare from New Mexico.
The device uses a plasma antenna that rapidly switches electrical pulses on and off.
This pulsing mechanism is crucial because a continuous electrical current would generate excessive heat and damage cells indiscriminately.
Short, controlled pulses allowed the team to experiment safely.
Frequencies That Affected Cancer Cells
For 15 months, the team searched for the exact frequencies that could disrupt specific microorganisms.
The breakthrough came when they discovered that the effect depended on two frequencies simultaneously — one high and one low.
The high frequency must be precisely 11 times higher than the low one.
In music, this ratio is known as the 11th harmonic.
At this harmonic, certain microorganisms began to vibrate intensely — similar to a glass exposed to its resonant tone.
Once the technique was refined, the researchers began testing it on cancer cells.
Pancreatic Cancer Cells
The cells showed vulnerability in the 100,000–300,000 Hz range — far above the range of human hearing (20–20,000 Hz).
Leukemia Cells
The team reported that they could disrupt leukemia cells before they could divide.
Holland emphasized that additional statistical data would be required before considering any medical application, but the preliminary observations encouraged further investigation.
What Did the Experiments Show?
Using what they called Oscillating Pulsed Electric Field (OPEF) technology, the researchers observed:
• 25–40% average destruction of selected leukemia cells
Some tests reported up to 60% cell disruption.
• Up to 65% reduction in cancer cell growth rate
A “double effect”: partial destruction + slower growth.
• Effects on ovarian cancer cells
The team also reported success in disrupting certain ovarian cancer cells.
• Tests on MRSA (a drug-resistant bacterium)
MRSA — Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus — is a dangerous bacterium resistant to common antibiotics.
Researchers observed that the frequency exposure appeared to reduce antibiotic resistance, allowing small doses of antibiotics to kill the bacteria more effectively.
Holland expressed hope that such research could one day support safer cancer treatment environments for children and adults.
Holland’s Vision for the Future
In his talk, Holland described a hopeful image of future cancer clinics:
“I imagine children drawing, coloring, and playing, unaware that the gentle blue plasma light above them is emitting healing pulsed fields that quietly target their cancer cells — painlessly and non-toxically.”
A Similar Discovery by Royal Rife
The article also mentions Royal Raymond Rife, who in the 1920s claimed to identify a virus associated with cancer using an advanced microscope of his own design.
Rife reportedly:
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Identified and isolated the virus
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Cultured it in pork tissue
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Injected the culture into 400 rats
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Observed rapid cancer formation
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Later exposed the virus to a specific electromagnetic frequency
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Reported that the virus would “disappear” under that frequency
This inspired Rife to build a device capable of generating the frequency he believed was destructive to the cancer-related organism.
According to historical accounts, he claimed success both in animals and in certain human cases.