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Article: Melatonin modulates the action of near infrared radiation on cell adhesion.
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- OBGYN & Reproduction Week
- Article date:
- April 28, 2003
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2003 APR 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Melatonin modulates the action of near infrared radiation on cell adhesion in cervical cancer.
According to published research from Russia, "The adhesion of human cervical cancer (HeLa) cells to a glass matrix is evaluated following their irradiation in a suspension with a pulsed near-infrared (IR) light-emitting diode (wavelength 820 nm, pulse repetition frequency 10 Hz, irradiation dose 16-120 J/m[superscript]2 ) when melatonin (4 x 10[superscript]-11 to 4 x 10[superscript]-5 m) is added to cell suspension immediately before or after the irradiation.
"Also, the dependence of visible-to-near-IR radiation ...