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An LED technology funded originally by NASA for growing plants aboard the International Space Station is making its way into the medical world.
The HEALS technology is being used to help soothe the painful side effects from chemotherapy and radiation treatment in patients with bone marrow and stem cell transplants. HEALS stands for High Emissivity Aluminiferous Luminescent Substrate.
The LED technology provides an intense light energy that's equivalent to 12 suns from each of its 288 LED (light-emitting diode) chips.
In the Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy Unit at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital, nurse Mitzi Macke (far left) demonstrates use of the WARP 75 device to treat oral mucositis, a painful side effect of chemotherapy and radiation treatment.
Photo by NASA/David Higginbotham
Caption by James Martin
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The HEALS technology is being used to help soothe the painful side effects from chemotherapy and radiation treatment in patients with bone marrow and stem cell transplants. HEALS stands for High Emissivity Aluminiferous Luminescent Substrate.
The LED technology provides an intense light energy that's equivalent to 12 suns from each of its 288 LED (light-emitting diode) chips.
In the Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy Unit at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital, nurse Mitzi Macke (far left) demonstrates use of the WARP 75 device to treat oral mucositis, a painful side effect of chemotherapy and radiation treatment.
Photo by NASA/David Higginbotham
Caption by James Martin
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