Inflammation-associated diseases encompass a range of infectious diseases and non-
infectious inflammatory diseases, which continuously pose one of the most serious threats to …

Although conventional antimicrobial drugs have been viewed as miraculous cure-alls for the
past 80 years, increasing antimicrobial drug resistance requires a major and rapid …

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 …

Microbial infection is a severe concern, requiring the use of significant amounts of
antimicrobials/biocides, not only in the hospital setting, but also in other environments. The …

Nanomaterials with well-defined size, shape, composition, and surface functionalities offer
multimodal and multifunctional platforms for various bioanalytical, bioimaging, and …

Introduction The current COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus demands
the development of strategies not only to detect or inactivate the virus, but to treat it …

Although the discovery of light-activated antimicrobial agents had been reported in the
1900s, only more recently research work has been developed toward the use of …

Emergence of new virus and their heterogeneity are growing at an alarming rate. Sudden
outburst of Nipah virus (NiV) has raised serious question about their instant management …

The relentless advance of drug-resistance among pathogenic microbes, mandates a search
for alternative approaches that will not cause resistance. Photodynamic inactivation (PDI) …

Photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT) is a very promising alternative to
conventional antibiotics for the efficient inactivation of pathogenic microorganisms; this is …