A photonics localization method, called inverse participation ratio (IPR), is adeptly applied to elucidate the effects of probiotics and alcohol on colon cancer by quantifying the DNA molecular-specific spatial structural changes in colon cancer cell nuclei on a colon cancer mouse model via confocal imaging. The IPR light localization technique measures the degree of structural disorder of DNA molecular-specific spatial mass density fluctuations. The nuclear structural alterations in colon cancer cell nuclei have been known to begin at the nano-to-submicron level, which precedes and predicts more prominent microscopic observations later in the disease. The effects of probiotics on alcohol-treated colon cancer are not a well-understood problem. However, probiotics like Lactobacillus have proven effective in enhancing colon cell/tissue functions. The IPR study results show that alcohol treatment enhances colon cancer, and the treatment of probiotics on alcohol-treated colon cancer tries to bring colon cancer less severe to normal. We acknowledge the grant NIH- R21CA260147.
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