An urgent need for early detection and diagnosis of diseases continuously pushes the
advancements of imaging modalities and contrast agents. Current challenges remain for fast …

Photo–triggered therapeutic modalities for cancer have attracted enormous attention in
recent years due to the easily focused and tuned properties of irradiation light that enable …

Cancer accounted for 7.6 million deaths (around 13% of all deaths) worldwide in 2008.(1)
Almost 13 million cancer cases are newly diagnosed every year, and deaths are projected to …

Optical and photonic technologies play an important role in human progress. The bending of
light to our will has not only enabled our biological self-discovery, but has also allowed us to …

Rapid emergence of multidrug resistant (MDR)“superbugs” poses a severe threat to global
health. Notably, undeveloped diagnosis and concomitant treatment failure remain highly …

Polysaccharides are natural biological molecules that have numerous advantages for
theranostics, the integrated approach of therapeutics and diagnostics. Their derivable …

The development of photoactive and biocompatible nanomaterials is a current major
challenge of materials science and nanotechnology, as they will contribute to promoting …

Nanomedicine is extensively employed for cancer treatment owing to its unique advantages
over conventional drugs and imaging agents. This increased attention to nanomedicine …

Photodynamic nanomedicines have significantly enhanced the therapeutic efficacy of
photosensitizers (PSs) by overcoming critical limitations of PSs such as poor water solubility …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a non-invasive combinatorial therapeutic modality using
light, photosensitizer (PS), and oxygen used for the treatment of cancer and other diseases …