Endogenous photosensitizers play a critical role in both beneficial and harmful light-induced
transformations in biological systems. Understanding their mode of action is essential for …

Singlet oxygen (1O2) is a biologically relevant reactive oxygen species capable of efficiently
reacting with cellular constituents. The resulting oxidatively generated damage to nucleic …

Intracellular delivery is a key step in biological research and has enabled decades of
biomedical discoveries. It is also becoming increasingly important in industrial and medical …

Though we crossed many milestones in the field of medicine and health care in eradicating
some deadly diseases over the past decades, cancer remained a challenge taking the lives …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a clinical modality used to treat cancer and infectious
diseases. The main agent is the photosensitizer (PS), which is excited by light and converted …

There is considerable interest in preparing cell‐sized giant unilamellar vesicles from natural
or nonnatural amphiphiles because a giant vesicle membrane resembles the self‐closed …

Effective antivirals have been developed against specific viruses, such as HIV, Hepatitis C
virus and influenza virus. This' one bug–one drug'approach to antiviral drug development …

Giant unilamellar vesicles represent a promising and extremely useful model biomembrane
system for systematic measurements of mechanical, thermodynamic, electrical, and …

Intracellular delivery is considered an indispensable process for various studies, ranging
from medical applications (cell‐based therapy) to fundamental (genome‐editing) and …

Oxidation of unsaturated lipids in cellular membranes has been shown to cause severe
membrane damage and potentially cell death. The presence of oxidized lipid species in the …