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Photodynamic therapy for photochemists [PDF]

open access: yesPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 2013
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an evolving technique for localized control of diseased tissue with light after prior administration of a photosensitizing agent and in the presence of oxygen. The biological effect is quite different from surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
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Photodynamic therapy in head and neck carcinomas: clinical and in vitro studies.

open access: yes, 2006
Despite the advances in diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, the outcome and survival of patients suffering from head and neck cancer has remained poor, primarily due to late detection, and the tendency of the disease to develop loco-regional ...
Sharwani, Abubakr, Sharwani, A.A.
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Fast elimination of onychomycosis by hematoporphyrin derivative-photodynamic therapy

open access: yes, 2013
Onychomycosis is a fungal nail disease and is one of the major onychopathy worldwide. Topical or oral antifungal therapies are used to treat this disease, but often they are inefficient and oral medications can even cause several side effects ...
Bagnato, Vanderlei Salvador   +3 more
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Emerging Trends in Nanomaterials for Antibacterial Applications

open access: yesInternational Journal of Nanomedicine, 2021
Sibidou Yougbaré,1,2,* Chinmaya Mutalik,1,* Goodluck Okoro,3,* I-Hsin Lin,4 Dyah Ika Krisnawati,5 Achmad Jazidie,6,7 Mohammad Nuh,7,8 Che-Chang Chang,9,10,* Tsung-Rong Kuo1,3,* 1International Ph.D.
Yougbaré S   +8 more
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Studies of photochemical internalisation: mechanisms and strategies in cancer therapeutics

open access: yes, 2010
Photochemical internalisation (PCI) is a technique which enhances targeted drug delivery using light in combination with a photosensitiser. It is a modification of photodynamic therapy (PDT) which involves sub-lethal photodynamic treatment to modify ...
Wang, T.-W.
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In vitro photodynamic effect of aluminum tetrasulfophthalocyanines on melanoma skin cancer and healthy normal skin cells

open access: yes, 2012
Photodynamic therapy is a medical treatment that uses an inactive dye/drug and lasers as a light source to activate the dye/drug to produce a toxic form of oxygen that destroys the cancer cells.
Odhay, Bharti   +5 more
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Enhancement of photodynamic antimicrobialtherapy through the use of cationic indium porphyrin conjugated to Ag/CuFe2O4 nanoparticles

open access: yes, 2020
Photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT) is being actively researched as a possible alternative for antimicrobial agents. This study focuses on the application of neutral indium 5-p-carboxyphenyl-10-15-20-(tri-4-pyridyl)porphyrin and cationic ...
Managa, Muthumuni   +2 more
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Use of photodynamic therapy in the treatment of bovine subclinical mastitis

open access: yes, 2018
Background Bovine mastitis is a disease that causes a severe drawback in dairy production. Conventional treatments with antibiotic could leave antibiotic residues in the milk.
Dora Inés Kozusny Andreani   +16 more
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Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy associated with bone regeneration for peri-implantitis treatment: A case report

open access: yes, 2020
Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) has emerged as a promising alternative to promote bacterial elimination and crestal bone remodeling in patients affected by peri-implantitis, once it is able to access the implant microstructure at the most ...
Garcia de Carvalho, Gabriel [UNESP]   +4 more
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Singlet Oxygen Production By Combining Erythrosine And Halogen Light For Photodynamic Inactivation Of Streptococcus Mutans

open access: yes, 2017
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)Photodynamic inactivation of microorganisms is based on a photosensitizing substance which, in the presence of light ...
Diogo Silva; Suga Terada   +10 more
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