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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The study of the effects of light on living organisms and biological processes.
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- noun The study of the effects of
light onliving organisms , and onbiological processes
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Examples
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This discovery has spawned a new branch of Western science called ‘photobiology’.
The Tao of Health, Sex and Longevity Daniel Reid 1989
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LaJeunesse TC, Robison JD, Thur RM (2006) The ecological distribution and comparative photobiology of symbiotic dinoflagellates from reef corals in Belize: Potential implications for coral bleaching.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Robert van Woesik et al. 2010
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• A strong background in photobiology and oncology based research
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LaJeunesse TC, Robison JD, Thur RM (2006) The ecological distribution and comparative photobiology of symbiotic dinoflagellates from reef corals in Belize: Potential implications for coral bleaching.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Robert van Woesik et al. 2010
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• A strong background in photobiology and oncology based research
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Crosson and others working at the intersection of photobiology and microbiology, however, are trying to figure out: What on earth is the role of light-sensing proteins in bacteria, if not for photosynthesis?
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Blue light itself is not harmful to cells, but ultraviolet light is a major source of cellular oxidative stress, and was especially strong before the formation of the earth's ozone layer, explains Bauer, who studies photobiology and bacterial evolution.
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Blue light itself is not harmful to cells, but ultraviolet light is a major source of cellular oxidative stress, and was especially strong before the formation of the earth's ozone layer, explains Bauer, who studies photobiology and bacterial evolution.
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Brian Diffey, emeritus professor of photobiology at Newcastle University, agrees that the UVB-pretreatment of the mice is a poor surrogate for human sun exposure.
CosmeticsDesign RSS 2009
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Nomir Medical Technologies, Inc. is a medical device and photobiology company with a product pipeline of optical energy therapeutics being developed for multiple clinical applications.
unknown title 2009
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