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The Beginning of LED Light Therapy with NASA
from:The birth of LED Light Therapy begun in the early scientific experiments by NASA with the LEDs or the Light Emitting Diodes with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in the State of Alabama together with the Quantum Devices Inc. of Wisconsin. They had taken specific plants that were placed aboard the Space Shuttle, exposing them in space to near-infrared light produced by LEDs.
Using the LEDs, they increased the energy that was produced in the energy compartments of each plant cell, causing the cells to grow much faster. Everybody on earth, especially the farmers, benefited from this finding by NASA for the fast growing of plants and crops. And from this, LED Light Therapy took on an entirely new purpose.
And while NASA was working on the growing rate of the plants that were placed aboard on the space shuttle with LEDs, scientists from Quantum Devices overheard discussions among physicians regarding the electronic laser light therapy they are using for their patients. Laser light when used or exposed to human, accelerated cell growth and healing, but they are some serious drawbacks in using it. One is when the surrounding tissues of target area become overheated. Another is that lasers are huge and expensive to operate, have limited color wavelength and averagely, they are not reliable.
So when NASA and Quantum Devices joined forces, the resulting LED Light Therapy bore many advantages over the older methods. LEDs do not heat the tissues, unlike what lasers does, because it has a longer wavelength that is near-infrared light, that helped it to penetrate deeper into the tissues. The more red a light is, the longer its wavelength which means that it can penetrate the body tissues deeper. This made it a perfect treatment for crash injuries, bad burns, cancer chemotherapy and radiation treatment complications where large body areas are involved.
The name Photo Dynamic Therapy (PDT) was given to LED light when it is used to activate the light-sensitive chemotherapy drugs to destroy cancer. Additionally, the stimulation of normal cell chemicals uses LED Light Therapy to heal and regenerate human tissues without the aid of any drugs. This works by the reaction of LED Light Therapy with parts of certain cells called cytochromes that respond to light and color in order to cause their energy levels to rise.
This new LED Light Therapy medical treatment has begun to help a lot of people who lost hope in the treatment of their diseases, by regenerating the tissue, muscle, brain and more. And what is more exciting is that the original experiments by NASA with LED Light Therapy that began in space, are now being used for muscle and bone atrophy in astronauts.
The LED Light Therapy is just among the many light therapy products that have evolved through the years. Each with a specific function to perform, these light therapy products have been proven to treat various forms of diseases and disorders. Another is the blue light therapy which is fast-becoming a solution to acne problems. These products are available in the form of light boxes and if the LED Light Therapy is the one that you need, then there are various LED Light therapy box to choose from.
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