I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua kaulana ka lāʻau lapaʻau kukui LED ma ke ʻano he lāʻau lapaʻau ʻaʻole invasive a maikaʻi hoʻi no nā ʻano pilikia ʻili like ʻole. ʻO kekahi o nā mea hana kaulana loa no kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ʻo ia ka mīkini lāʻau lapaʻau kukui PDT LED, kahi i hoʻohana nui ʻia, me Kina. ʻIke ʻia hoʻi ʻo ka photodynamic therapy (PDT), hoʻohana kēia lāʻau lapaʻau biolight i nā nalu kikoʻī o ke kukui LED e kuhikuhi i nā pilikia ʻili like ʻole, e lilo ia i koho lapaʻau versatile a pono.