Inflammatory disorders
Light therapy helps burn injuries heal faster by triggering growth protein
Light therapy may accelerate the healing of burns, according to a University at Buffalo-led study.
Aug 6, 2021
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Biomedical technology
Adding antibodies to enhance photodynamic therapy for viral and bacterial disease
The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the pressing need to mitigate a fast-developing virus as well as antibiotic-resistant bacteria that are growing at alarming rates worldwide.
May 18, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists develop new platelet-based formulation for combination anticancer therapy
Tumor targeting and intratumoral penetration are longstanding issues for cancer therapeutics.
Mar 26, 2021
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Genetics
Scientists use gene therapy and a novel light-sensing protein to restore vision in mice
A newly developed light-sensing protein called the MCO1 opsin restores vision in blind mice when attached to retina bipolar cells using gene therapy. The National Eye Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, ...
Oct 22, 2020
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Genetics
Restoring vision by gene therapy
Humans rely dominantly on their eyesight. Losing vision means inability to read, recognize faces or find objects. Macular degeneration is one of the major causes of visual impairment around the globe; close to 200 million ...
Jun 4, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Controlling CAR T cells with light selectively destroys skin tumors in mice
Bioengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a control system that could make CAR T-cell therapy safer and more powerful when treating cancer. By programming CAR T cells to switch on when exposed ...
Feb 19, 2020
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Health
Teens sleep 43 more minutes per night after combo of two treatments, study finds
Teenagers got 43 more minutes of sleep a night after a four-week intervention that reset their body clocks and helped them go to bed earlier, a study from the Stanford University School of Medicine has shown.
Sep 25, 2019
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Medical research
Study shows how light therapy might help premature babies avoid vision problems
Scientists discovered a light-dependent molecular pathway that regulates how blood vessels develop in the eye. The findings in Nature Cell Biology suggest it may be possible to use light therapy to help premature infants ...
Apr 1, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Bioadhesive, wirelessly-powered implant emitting light to kill cancer cells
Scientists from Waseda University, the National Defense Medical College, and the Japan Science and Technology Agency have developed a new bioadhesive, wirelessly powered light-emitting device that could better treat cancers ...
Sep 10, 2018
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Medical research
Fabric imbued with optical fibers helps fight skin diseases
A team of researchers with Texinov Medical Textiles in France has announced that their PHOS-ISTOS system, called the Fluxmedicare, is on track to be made commercially available later this year. The system consists of a piece ...
