Special Issue "Study of Nanoparticles for Photodynamic Therapy and Imaging"
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 February 2023) | Viewed by 18415
Special Issue Editor
Interests: photodynamic therapy; fluorescence diagnostics; laser biospectroscopy; nanostructures for biomedicine; fluorescence imaging
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Photodynamic therapy has long been applied to cancer and non-cancer treatment owing to the numerous breakthroughs and unique advantages, including invasiveness, the opportunity to control therapy in one session, and real-time regime. However, PDT has several limitations, such as selectivity, phototoxic reactions, subcellular and organelle targeting, etc. Nanotechnology has made a significant contribution to PDT, enabling achievement-targeted methods increasing the selectivity of PDT.
Current challenges in biomedical visualization remain for fast and detailed imaging of tissue microstructures and lesion characterization. Nanotechnology offers the possibility to develop nontoxic contrast agents with a longer circulation time and better visualization quality. Promising to greatly benefit clinical practice, nanoparticle-based contrast agents employed in most common biomedical imaging modalities, addressing their structure-related features, advantages, and limitations are of interest for the present Special Issue.
This issue focuses on the design, synthesis, characterization, and application of nanoparticles of the broad spectrum for photodynamic therapy (PDT), fluorescence diagnosis (FD), and imaging. A better understanding of novel concepts in these fields will be useful for improving photodynamic effectiveness and imaging strategies and limiting side effects to normal tissues. We believe that continuous advances in the use of nanomaterials will enhance future development in the treatment and diagnosis of oncological and other diseases.
I hope you will join us and contribute to the success of this Special Issue by submitting the latest and unique results of your research in this interesting field.
Prof. Dr. Victor Loschenov
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nanoparticle
- photodynamic therapy
- fluorescence diagnosis
- biomedical imaging
- drug delivery
- targeting
- modeling
- theranostic