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Implantable LED device uses light to treat deep-seated cancer

There is a method of killing cancer cells where they use green wireless LED light the size of a grain of rice(within the body at the tumor) to kill the cancer cells. They add dye that absorbs green light to the cancer cells. The light that gets absorbed is converted into energy which causes the oxygen in the cells to become toxic. The cancer cells get bigger as they are about to explode before they die, causing the immune system to attack the...

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cancer, photo therapy, light, LED
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Material Type:
Open (Access) Journal-Article
Date Added to MERLOT:
July 11, 2024
Date Modified in MERLOT:
August 16, 2024
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George Churchill
Primary Audience:
High School, College General Ed
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English
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Unknown
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