Radical new treatment system lights up cancer therapy

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Researchers from The Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, have developed a new photo-uncaging system for photodynamic cancer therapy using organorhodium(III) phthalocyanine complexes that are activated in situ by pulsed light to release alkyl radicals, which have an anti-tumor effect. This new system overcomes many of the problems of pre-existing systems and provides an exciting new avenue for cancer treatment.

2022.09.21

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Radical new treatment system lights up cancer therapy

Researchers from The Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo have developed a streamlined photo-uncaging system for photodynamic cancer therapy, using a pulse of light for tumor-specific activation of a cancer-fighting agent

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