Innovative anticancer therapies based on the activation of the immune system offer promise
in the battle against cancers resistant to traditional treatments. Examples of such therapeutic …

Applications of metalloporphyrins and related molecules have been extensively pursued in
the context of photodynamic therapy of cancer (PDT) and other biomedical applications. This …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play key roles in cell signaling systems and homeostasis,
and they are also fundamental to photodynamic therapy (PDT). PDT efficacy can be affected …

Abstract The emergence of Multi-Drug-Resistant (MDR) organisms has become a major
worldwide clinical problem. The extensive and routine use of the first-line antibiotics to …

Resistance of microorganisms to antibiotics has led to research on various therapeutic
strategies with different mechanisms of action, including photodynamic inactivation (PDI). In …

Although the whole world is currently observing the global battle against COVID-19, it
should not be underestimated that in the next 30 years, approximately 10 million people per …

Polysulfide bonds, particularly trisulfide and tetrasulfide bonds, are prevalent in the fields of
medicine, pharmacy, and materials science. Polysulfide-based prodrug nanomedicines …

Exploiting organic heterojunction effects in electrical devices are an important strategy to
improve the electrical conductivity, which can be utilized into improving the conductometric …

Novel zinc, magnesium, and metal-free octasubstituted phthalocyanine photosensitizers
bearing [(triethylammonio) ethyl] sulfanyl substituents in the peripheral or nonperipheral …

Two phthalocyanine derivatives tetra-peripherally substituted with tert-butylsulfonyl groups
and coordinating either zinc (II) or platinum (II) ions have been synthesized and …