Andrew Huberman· PhD
The Nobel Prize was awarded to Niels Finsen for recognition of his work on the treatment of diseases, and in particular the treatment of lupus vulgaris by means of concentrated light rays.
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The Nobel Prize was awarded to Niels Finsen for recognition of his work on the treatment of diseases, and in particular the treatment of lupus vulgaris by means of concentrated light rays.
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Many people consider phototherapy modern new-age “biohacking” but Niels Finsen was awarded the 1903 @NobelPrize for phototherapy.
In fact, in 1903, the Nobel Prize was given to Niels Finsen, he was Icelandic, he lived in Denmark, for the use of phototherapy for the treatment of lupus.
The Nobel Prize, I think it was in 1916, was given for phototherapy for the treatment of lupus.
in fact a Nobel Prize was granted in the early 1900s for the use of phototherapy for the treatment of Lupus
the moment we get into red lights that's sort of like cold plunges it's kind of immediately associated with kind of uh biohacking people say it's Bro Science this kind of thing I just wanted to remind people that in the early 1900s a Nobel Prize was given for the use of phototherapy which is what we're describing for the treatment of Lupus so the idea that um that specific wavelengths of light can be used in order to treat cellular health or offset uh cellular disease is not a new idea at all