Jotiba P. Powar

Overcoming Solubility and Aggregation: Water-Soluble Porphyrins in Modern Phototherapy

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a minimally invasive cancer treatment that works through the combined use of photosensitizers (PS), light, and molecular oxygen to generate reactive oxygen species. Several porphyrin-based photosensitizers have been clinically developed for PDT, with Photofrin being one of the most commo...