Pharmaceutics, Volume 15, Issue 12
December 2023 - 149 articles
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Cover Story: Antibiotic resistance is a major threat to public health and poses severe treatment challenges, recently faced by antimicrobial photothermal and photodynamic therapies (PTT and PDT). Both approaches use photoagents that are able to produce heat or singlet oxygen which leads to cell death after the induced photodamage. Phosphorene, the exfoliated form of black phosphorus that has intrinsic photoactivity and drug carrier capability, has emerged as an ideal platform for designing nanosystems for PTT and PDT therapies. In this review, the recent literature on the use of phosphorene-based hybrids against antibiotic-resistant pathogens is discussed showing promising outcomes and evidencing the surface drug-functionalization of phosphorene as particularly powerful in enhancing therapeutic results with synergistic effects. View this paper