All life forms have an absolute requirement for metals, as metals play critical roles in
fundamental processes, including osmotic regulation, catalysis, metabolism …

Low power laser irradiation (LPLI) promotes proliferation of multiple cells, which (especially
red and near infrared light) is mainly through the activation of mitochondrial respiratory chain …

The chemical and catalytic activity of nanoparticles has strongly contributed to the current
tremendous interest in engineered nanomaterials and often serves as a guiding principle for …

The cultivation of cells in a favorable artificial environment has become a versatile tool in
cellular and molecular biology. Cultured primary cells and continuous cell lines are …

Culturing cells at microscales allows control over microenvironmental cues, such as cell–cell
and cell–matrix interactions; the potential to scale experiments; the use of small culture …

Bifidobacteria naturally inhabit diverse environments, including the gastrointestinal tracts of
humans and animals. Members of the genus are of considerable scientific interest due to …

The detection and quantitation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) receives a great deal of
interest because of their importance in a wide range of physiological and pathogenic events …

In the present paper, we use zinc oxide nanoparticles under the excitation of ultraviolet (UV)
light for the generation of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS), with the aim of further using …

This article examines a non-invasive spectrofluorometric method using the 2′, 7′-
dichlorofluorescein diacetate (DCHF-DA) assay for quantifying the intracellular reactive …

The antibacterial effect of light emitting diodes (LEDs) in the visible region (461, 521 and
642 nm) of the electromagnetic spectrum was investigated on Escherichia coli O157: H7 …