Professor at Harvard and has published close to 300 papers, mostly on phototherapy. Michael R Hamblin Ph.D. is a Principal Investigator at Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, and an Associate Professor Harvard Medical School. He has interests in photodynamic therapy and photobiomodulation. (Source)

‍Below are a few interesting quotes I pulled out from my research into Dr. Michael Hamblin.

Q: How does LLLT work?

Absorption of Red and near-infrared photons.

Red = 600-700nm

Near Infrared = 780-1100/1200nm

• Photons are absorbed by chromophores in the mitochondria
• Nitric oxide increases
• Mitochondria changes that are good
• Signaling – from ROS, Non cAMP
• Burst of ROS
• cAMP from extra ATP
• Activates transcription factors to create new proteins

Light has effects days or weeks after.

• High-altitude light healing clinics up in the Alps
• The more watts, the more effects it will have, but there’s a limit of course,
• The upper limit of power density should be 100mw/centimeter…

Dr. Michael Hamblin Interview: Infrared Therapy Expert - SelfHack