Nanoparticle-mediated photodynamic therapy (PDT) for enhanced anti-tumor effect

• Main Author: Li, Yunsha.
• Other Authors: Li Changming
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Medicine::Tissue engineering; DRNTU::Engineering::Nanotechnology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45284
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a medical treatment that utilizes light and photosensitizers to treat a variety of diseases. However, due to tumor drug resistance, cancer cells utilize multiple mechanisms to prevent the accumulation of anti-cancer drugs at their intracellular site of action....