Photoactivatable (alternatively, photoremovable, photoreleasable, or photocleavable)
protecting groups (PPGs), also known as caged or photocaged compounds, are used to …

Advances in nanomedicine, including early cancer detection, targeted drug delivery, and
personalized approaches to cancer treatment are on the rise. For example, targeted drug …

Neural circuitry is typically modulated via invasive brain implants and tethered optical fibres
in restrained animals. Here we show that wide-field illumination in the second near-infrared …

With the advancement in medical science and understanding the importance of
biodistribution and pharmacokinetics of therapeutic agents, modern drug delivery research …

This tutorial-review introduces the fundamentals of polarized light interaction with biological
tissues and presents some of the recent key polarization optical methods that have made …

meso-methyl BODIPY photocages have recently emerged as an exciting new class of
photoremovable protecting groups (PPGs) that release leaving groups upon absorption of …

Tissue-clearing techniques are powerful tools for biological research and pathological
diagnosis. Here, we describe advanced clear, unobstructed brain imaging cocktails and …

The development of optical methods in modern medicine in the areas of diagnostics,
therapy, and surgery has stimulated the investigation of optical properties of various …

Organisms are inherently three dimensional, thus comprehensive understanding of the
complicated biological system requires analysis of organs or even whole bodies in the …

1.1 Propagation of continuous-wave light in tissues 3 1.1. 1 Basic principles, and major
scatterers and absorbers 3 1.1. 2 Theoretical description 11 1.1. 3 Monte Carlo simulation …