Transdermal photothermal-pharmacotherapy to remodel adipose tissue for obesity and metabolic disorders

• Main Authors: Zan, Ping, Than, Aung, Zhang, Weiqing, Cai, Helen Xinyi, Zhao, Wenting, Chen, Peng
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Chemical engineering; CuS Nanodots; Photothermal Therapy
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/154972
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Despite the increasing prevalence of obesity, the current medications, which act indirectly on the central nervous system to suppress appetite or on the gastrointestinal tract to inhibit fat absorption, suffer from poor effectiveness and side effects. Here, we developed a transdermal mild phototherm...