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Photodynamic Therapy with Blended Conducting Polymer/Fullerene Nanoparticle Photosensitizers
Published on: October 28, 2015
Fluorous photosensitizers enhance photodynamic therapy with perfluorocarbon nanoemulsions
Rachael A Day1, Daniel A Estabrook, Jessica K Logan
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 607 Charles E. Young Dr. E., Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. sletten@chem.ucla.edu.
Abstract:
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) requires a photosensitizer, light, and oxygen to induce cell death. The majority of efforts to advance PDT focus only on the first two components. Here, we employ perfluorocarbon nanoemulsions to simultaneously deliver oxygen and a photosensitizer. We find that the implementation of fluorous soluble photosensitizers enhances the efficacy of PDT.
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