February 12 - 14, 2010 Post-Conference February 15 LAX Hilton |
Dr. Whelan will take you on an exciting journey, into the world of cutting edge medical research. Learn about many applications of infrared light to promote healing from chemotherapy and cancer treatments. Near-infrared light stimulates improved energy metabolism in mitochondria, the cellular energy production centers. Mitochondrial diseases affecting the brain, eye, heart and muscle now have effective treatment options. Dr. Whelan has projects funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to explore near-infrared light (NIR) therapies treating diabetic eye disease, traumatic brain injury, stroke and more. NIR has been used in NIH research to successfully stop the progression of neuro-degenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s.The FDA has recently approved Dr. Whelan’s clinical trial using NIR to activate light sensitive chemotherapy for the treatment of brain tumors, based on his research for NASA. Dr. Whelan is in the NASA Space Technology Hall of Fame for his medical use of NIR light-emitting diodes, developed for the space program. |
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