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NASA Light Emitting Diode Medical Applications from Deep Space to Deep Sea
AIP Conference Proceedings
  • Harry T. Whelan, Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Ellen V. Buchmann, Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Noel T. Whelan, Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Scott G. Turner, Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Vita Cevenini, NASA - Marshall Space Flight Center
  • Helen Stinson, NASA - Marshall Space Flight Center
  • Ron Ignatius, Quantum Devices, Inc.
  • Todd Martin, Quantum Devices, Inc.
  • Joan Cwiklinski, Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Glenn A. Meyer, Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Brian D. Hodgson, Marquette University
  • Lisa J. Gould, Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Mary P. Kane, Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Gina Chen, Medical College of Wisconsin
  • James Caviness, Submarine Squadron ELEVEN
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Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Publication Date
1-1-2001
Publisher
American Institute of Physics
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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.

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

Citation Information
Harry T. Whelan, Ellen V. Buchmann, Noel T. Whelan, Scott G. Turner, et al.. "NASA Light Emitting Diode Medical Applications from Deep Space to Deep Sea" AIP Conference Proceedings (2001) ISSN: 0094-243X
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/brian_hodgson/17/