Not just chemotherapy, now phototherapy is here for cancer treatment [Details]

By Srinivas Chakravarty on September 20, 2022   GENERAL  

One approach to treating cancer is photodynamic therapy using photo-uncaging systems, in which light is used to activate a cancer-fighting agent in situ at the tumor. However, suitable agents must be stable under visible light, have an anti-tumor effect in low-oxygen environments, and have the ability to be activated by low-energy tissue-penetrative red light – a combination of […]