Photodynamic therapy is an alternative treatment mainly for cancer but also for bacterial
infections. This treatment dates back to 1900 when a German medical school graduate …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been extensively investigated for decades for tumor
treatment because of its non-invasiveness, spatiotemporal selectivity, lower side-effects, and …

Functional subcellular organelle mitochondria are emerging as a crucial player and driver of
cancer. For maintaining the sites of cellular respiration, mitochondria experience production …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are generated and consumed in living organism for normal
metabolism. Paradoxically, the overproduction and/or mismanagement of ROS have been …

Sonodynamic therapy (SDT) has gained significant attention in the treatment of deep tumors
and multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacterial infections due to its high tissue penetration depth …

Research related to the development and application of luminescent nanoparticles (LNPs)
for chemical and biological analysis and imaging is flourishing. Novel materials and new …

As next-generation artificial enzymes, nanozymes have shown great promise for tumor
catalytic therapy. In particular, their peroxidase-like activity has been employed to catalyze …

Single‐atom nanozymes (SAzymes) showcase not only uniformly dispersed active sites but
also meticulously engineered coordination structures. These intricate architectures bestow …

Photoactivatable (alternatively, photoremovable, photoreleasable, or photocleavable)
protecting groups (PPGs), also known as caged or photocaged compounds, are used to …

Optical techniques using developed laser and optical devices have made a profound impact
on modern medicine, with “biomedical optics” becoming an emerging field. Sophisticated …