As deaths from preventable diseases abate, cancer is becoming one of the leading causes
of death in the world. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a noninvasive treatment for cancer …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a well-established treatment option in the treatment of
certain cancerous and pre-cancerous lesions. Though best-known for its application in …

A todo o pessoal do laboratório de Química Orgânica, de um modo especial à Cláudia e à
Lipa, à Joana Brás, ao João, ao Leandro, à Teresa, à Sónia, à Andreia e ao Flávio, pela …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) combines a photosensitiser, light and molecular oxygen to
induce oxidative stress that can be used to kill pathogens, cancer cells and other highly …

Abstract Background SARS-CoV-2, which causes the coronavirus disease (COVID-19),
presents high rates of morbidity and mortality around the world. The search to eliminate …

Viruses cause many diseases in humans from the rather innocent common cold to more
serious or chronic, life-threatening infections. The long-term sideeffects, sometimes low …

This work reports the photophysical and biological evaluation of five cationic porphyrins as
photosensitizers (PS) for the photodynamic inactivation (PDI) of Penicillium chrysogenum …

Chemotherapy has shown to be a rapid and effective method to treat or prevent microbial
infections, but the regular use of antimicrobials has resulted in the development of drug …

Photodynamic therapy has been used to inactivate microorganisms through the use of
targeted photosensitizers. Recently the inactivation of bacteria in residual waters has been …

In medical applications such as drug delivery, gene transfection and imaging the formation
of systems with well-defined sizes and shapes are of significant interest. For this reason the …