Scientists are working to create a new light-activated 'smart' bomb to treat aggressive breast cancer. The new light-sensitive chemicals called cyanine-carborane salts are used in photodynamic therapy ...

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has emerged as a promising minimally invasive treatment modality in cancer therapy, combining photosensitizers, light, and oxygen ...

Researchers have developed "smart" bomb therapy to target breast cancer. A team of professors from Michigan State University (MSU) in collaboration with researchers at the University of California, ...

Improving survival rates therefore involves eliminating ovarian cancer cells while limiting the risk of the therapy attacking healthy tissues. PDT is a medical treatment modality based on three ...

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been used for decades to treat forms of skin and bladder cancers. It works by flooding a patient's body with light-sensitive chemicals that accumulate in cancer cells.

A wife and husband professor team at Michigan State University are collaborating with researchers at the University of California, Riverside to create a new light-activated “smart” bomb to treat ...

Designing cell death self-reporting theranostic nanoagents (CDPNs) facilitates real-time monitoring of tumor responses and enables dynamic optimization of therapeutic strategies. a) CDPNs combine ...