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blackholesinthesky t1_j8ewdpl wrote

Yes but understanding the difference will prevent you from making embarrassing mistakes like... I dk... suggesting we insert UV light into the human body to kill a pathogen

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Herbicidal_Maniac t1_j8f58pc wrote

Or assuming that adding hypernormal concentrations of drug to a cell culture dish in any way translates to the mechanism of action in the human body.

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Ok_Historian_6293 t1_j8eydsx wrote

This is actually a funny point because in early studies of near infrared photobiomodulation for activating the healing functions of cells, Russian scientists actually tried inserting a fiber optic wire into an IV and then turning on a near infrared light to see if activating the healing aspects of blood cells would help broad spectrum healing abilities.

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