Antibiotics are commonly used to control, treat, or prevent bacterial infections, however
bacterial resistance to all known classes of traditional antibiotics has greatly increased in the …

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 …

The ever-growing number of multi-resistant bacteria caused by the proliferation of antibiotics
in the environment led to an increased interest in finding more sustainable processes for …

The selectivity of photodynamic therapy (PDT) derived from the tailored accumulation of
photosensitizing drug (photosensitizer; PS) in the tumor microenvironment (TME), and from …

The utilization of metalloporphyrins as bioinspired oxidation catalysts is an evolving topic of
research. By understanding the cytochrome P-450 mechanism of action, chemists have …

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 …

Bacterichlorins possess a characteristic intense electronic absorption in the near-infrared
part of the electromagnetic radiation (NIR) from 700 nm up to 900 nm, where endogenous …

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 …