Background Curcumin has gained increasing attention in recent years due to its biological
properties and photosensitivity. Curcumin-mediated photodynamic therapy has been used …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising non-invasive strategy in the fight against that
which circumvents the systemic toxic effects of chemotherapeutics. It relies on …

The multidrug resistance of pathogenic bacteria has become a serious problem to public
health. Therefore finding novel approaches to combat multidrug resistant bacteria have …

Formulation of promising anticancer herbal drug curcumin as a nanoscale-sized curcumin
(nanocurcumin) improved its delivery to cells and organisms both in vitro and in vivo. We …

Photodynamic treatment is a minimally invasive and clinically approved procedure for
eliminating selected malignant cells with activation of a photosensitizer agent at a specific …

A membrane of cationic starch-derivative/poly (vinyl alcohol) was prepared and utilized as a
support to immobilize a β-cyclodextrin/curcumin inclusion complex. The resulting material …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has recently gained attention as an alternative treatment of
malignant gliomas. Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most prevalent within tumors of the central …

Background Overexpression of polycomb protein contributes to epigenetic repression in oral
squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) ensuing in poor prognosis and aggressive phenotype …

An innovative vapor-induced polyelectrolyte complexation process mediated by the acetic
acid vapor is reported in this study as an alternative to preparing hydrogels of chitosan and …

Glioblastoma is one of the most malignant types of brain cancer. Evidence suggests that
within gliomas there is a small subpopulation of cells with the capacity for self-renewal …