Surgery and drug therapy are the two principal options for cancer treatment. However, their
clinical benefits are hindered by the difficulty of accurate location of the tumors and timely …

Intraoperative fluorescent imaging can provide real-time identification of tumours, lymph
nodes, nerves and other healthy and malignant tissues during oncological surgery …

Innovative anticancer therapies based on the activation of the immune system offer promise
in the battle against cancers resistant to traditional treatments. Examples of such therapeutic …

The increasing cancer morbidity and mortality requires the development of high-efficiency
and low-toxicity anticancer approaches. In recent years, photodynamic therapy (PDT) has …

Hydrochars are promising sorbents for wastewater treatment. Herein, two acrylate-modified
hydrochars (AMHC 1 and AMHC 2) were obtained by grafting acrylic acid on the surface of …

There has been continual development of fluorescent agents, imaging systems, and their
applications over the past several decades. With the recent FDA approvals of 5 …

Highlights•New fluorophores with optimised photophysical properties for in vivo
imaging.•Near-infrared-emitting fluorophore scaffolds that can be modularly functionalised.• …

Nanotechnology is playing a critical role in several essential technologies with nanoscale
structures (nanoparticles) in areas of the environment and biomedicine. In this work, the leaf …

Photocatalytic degradation is a promising advanced oxidation process technology for the
removal of various pollutants from wastewater due to its excellent photocatalytic activity, low …

In cancer surgery, complete surgical resection of tumor lesions is critical to optimize the
outcome. However, it is sometimes difficult to distinguish the boundary between tumor and …