Owing to the excellent cell ablation ability and low side effects, photodynamic therapy (PDT)
plays an important role in disease treatment, especially cancer. However, most PDT agents …

Phototherapy, includes photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photothermal therapy (PTT), which
combine light with an adequate wavelength and a chemical phototheranostic agent in the …

The hydroxyl radical (• OH) is an extremely potent reactive oxygen species that plays a
crucial role in photooxidations within the realm of hypoxic tumor therapy. However, the …

Bacteria can cause numerous infectious diseases and has been a major threat to human
humans. Although antibiotics have partially succeeded in treating bacteria, owing to …

Bacterial infections can threaten human health. Drug-resistant bacteria have become a
challenge because of the excessive use of drugs. We summarize the current metallic …

Photocages are a class of substances containing photosensitive groups, also known as
“photoremovable protecting groups”, from which target substances are released upon …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been used to reduce cancerous and precancerous cells
via reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation from photosensitizers. Numerous …

Sonodynamic therapy (SDT) is an emerging non-invasive cancer treatment method in the
field of nanomedicine, which has the advantages of deep penetration, good therapeutic …

Photothermal therapy (PTT) makes it difficult to achieve good performance on tumor
treatments due to insufficient photothermal conversion efficiency, etc. Combining PTT with …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT), which combines light sources with light-activated drugs known
as photosensitizers (PSs), has garnered significant attention as a potential therapeutic …