Photobiomodulation in the Treatment of Patients with Non-Center-Involving Diabetic Macular Oedema

Tang J, Herda AA, Kern TS. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Prairie Village, Kansas, USA PURPOSE: Far-red/near-infrared phototherapy or photobiomodulation (PBM) has recently been reported to be an effective and non-invasive treatment method to inhibit lesions of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in animals. This study investigated the safety and efficacy of PBM in… Leia mais →

670nm Photobiomodulation as a Novel Protection Against Retinopathy of Prematurity: Evidence from Oxygen Induced Retinopathy Models

Natoli R, Valter K, Barbosa M, Dahlstrom J, Rutar M, Kent A, Provis J The John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia ; ARC Centre of Excellence in Vision Science, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia ; ANU Medical School, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital… Leia mais→

Increases in Central Retinal Artery Blood Flow in Humans Following Carotid Artery and Stellate Ganglion Irradiation with 0.6 to 1.6 mum Irradiation

Mii S, Kim C, Matsui H, Oharazawa H, Shi wa T, Takahashi H, Sakamoto A. Department of Anesthesiology, Nippon Medical School. Japan Abstract The authors applied near-infrared low-level laser irradiation (LLLI) directed to the stellate ganglion (SG) and to the common carotid artery (CCA), and compared the effects on central retinal artery blood flow using… Leia mais →

Gene and Noncoding RNA Regulation Underlying Photoreceptor Protection: Microarray Study of Dietary Antioxidant Saffron and Photobiomodulation in Rat Retina

Natoli R, Zhu Y, Valter K, Bisti S, Eells J, Stone J Division of Biomedical Sciences & Biochemistry, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Sydney, Australia. riccardo.natoli@anu.edu.au PURPOSE: To identify the genes and noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) involved in the neuroprotective actions of a dietary antioxidant (saffron) and of photobiomodulation (PBM). METHODS: We used a… Leia mais →

Low-Level Light Therapy of the Eye and Brain

Julio C Rojas, F Gonzalez-Lima University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station A8000, Austin, TX 78712, USA Abstract: Low-level light therapy (LLLT) using red to near-infrared light energy has gained attention in recent years as a new scientific approach with therapeutic applications in ophthal- mology, neurology, and psychiatry. The ongoing therapeutic revolution spearheaded by… Leia mais →

Therapeutic Photobiomodulation for Methanol-Induced Retinal Toxicity

Eells JT, Henry MM, Summerfelt P, Wong-Riley MT, Buchmann EV, Kane M, Whelan NT, Whelan HT Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA. jeells@mcw.edu Methanol intoxication produces toxic injury to the retina and optic nerve, resulting in blindness. The toxic metabolite in methanol intoxication is… Leia mais →

Power Games

There’s a fight going on inside all our cells for each breath of air. Nick Lane sheds therapeutic light on the implications for cancer and degenerative diseases. Read the PDF: PowergamesNature Article 2006