Overcoming the Achilles' heel of photodynamic therapy

• Published in: Chemical Society reviews Vol. 45; no. 23; pp. 6488 - 6519
• Main Authors: Fan, Wenpei, Huang, Peng, Chen, Xiaoyuan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 21.11.2016
• Subjects: atherosclerosis; Cancer; Excitation; Heels; macular degeneration; Near infrared radiation; neoplasms; photochemotherapy; Photodynamic therapy; psoriasis; Strategy; Therapy; Translations; X-radiation

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been applied to treat a wide range of medical conditions, including wet age-related macular degeneration psoriasis, atherosclerosis, viral infection and malignant cancers. However, the tissue penetration limitation of excitation light hinders the widespread clinical us...