Metastatic malignant melanoma remains one of the most dreaded skin cancers worldwide.
Numerous factors contribute to its resistance to hosts of treatment regimes and despite …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an established anticancer treatment employing a phototoxin
(photosensitizer), visible light and oxygen. The latter is photochemically converted into …

Bladder-related diseases are among the most common and costly to the healthcare system,
and therefore require new approaches to treatment. Organoids and spheroids are 3D …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has emerged as a capable therapeutic modality for the
treatment of cancer. PDT is a targeted cancer therapy that reportedly leads to tumor cell …

Malignant melanoma is the most aggressive form of skin cancer and has been traditionally
considered difficult to treat. The worldwide incidence of melanoma has been increasing …

Diatoms generate nearly half of marine primary production and are comprised of a diverse
array of species that are often morphologically cryptic or difficult to identify using light …

The conventional photosensitizers used in photodynamic therapy (PDT), such as
haematoporphyrin (HP), have not yet reached satisfactory therapeutic effects on port-wine …

Glioblastoma WHO IV belongs to a group of brain tumors that are still incurable. A promising
treatment approach applies photodynamic therapy (PDT) with hypericin as a …

Ovarian cancer is the most common gynecological cancer diagnosed in Western countries.
Detection of micrometastases at an early stage of the disease could lead to a cure rate of …

Hypericin (Hyp) had been explored as a tumor-seeking agent for years; however, more
recent studies showed its necrosis-avidity rather than cancer-seeking property. To further …