Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Publication Date

2001

Publisher

American Institute of Physics

Source Publication

AIP Conference Proceedings

Source ISSN

0094-243X

Abstract

This work is supported and managed through the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center-SBIR Program. LED-technology developed for NASA plant growth experiments in space shows promise for delivering light deep into tissues of the body to promote wound healing and human tissue growth. We present the results of LED-treatment of cells grown in culture and the effects of LEDs on patients’ chronic and acute wounds. LED-technology is also biologically optimal for photodynamic therapy of cancer and we discuss our successes using LEDs in conjunction with light-activated chemotherapeutic drugs.

Comments

Published version. Reproduced from AIP Proceedings, Vol. 552, No. 1 (2001): 35-45, with the permission of AIP Publishing. © 2001 AIP Publishing. DOI.

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