Biomedical Applications of Nanoscintillators

A special issue of Radiation (ISSN 2673-592X).

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Synchrotron Radiation for Biomedicine, UA07 INSERM, Université Grenoble-Alpes, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Biomedical Beamline, 38043 Grenoble CEDEX 9, France
Interests: nanoscintillating materials; photodynamic therapy; energy relaxation processes; radiation dose enhancement; treatment effect screening in 3D culture models

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Department of Materials Science, University of Milano-Bicocca, Via R. Cozzi 55, I-20125 Milano, Italy
Interests: structure-property relations of nanoscintillators; scintillating fibers for medical and high energy physics applications; scintillation process; in-vivo dosimetry; medical imaging

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Dear colleagues,

Nanoscintillators are emerging nanomaterials that have rapidly gained a growing amount of interest for theranostic biomedical applications. Although scintillating materials were initially developed for the detection of ionizing radiations, nanoscintillators are currently investigated for their ability to potentiate radiation therapy via the physical radiation dose-enhancement effect, radioluminescence-induced photodynamic therapy, and the direct generation of DNA damage through the emission of UV-C radioluminescence.

In this Special Issue, we welcome submissions of high-quality research and review articles presenting investigations of biomedical applications of nanoscintillators and related content. We welcome all type of report, including in silico, in vitro and in vivo studies.

Dr. Anne-Laure Bulin
Prof. Dr. Anna Vedda
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Can Cerenkov Light Really Induce an Effective Photodynamic Therapy?
by Joël Daouk, Batoul Dhaini, Jérôme Petit, Céline Frochot, Muriel Barberi-Heyob and Hervé Schohn
Radiation 2021, 1(1), 5-17; https://doi.org/10.3390/radiation1010002 - 24 Nov 2020
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising therapeutic strategy for cancers where surgery and radiotherapy cannot be effective. PDT relies on the photoactivation of photosensitizers, most of the time by lasers to produced reactive oxygen species and notably singlet oxygen. The major drawback of [...] Read more.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising therapeutic strategy for cancers where surgery and radiotherapy cannot be effective. PDT relies on the photoactivation of photosensitizers, most of the time by lasers to produced reactive oxygen species and notably singlet oxygen. The major drawback of this strategy is the weak light penetration in the tissues. To overcome this issue, recent studies proposed to generate visible light in situ with radioactive isotopes emitting charged particles able to produce Cerenkov radiation. In vitro and preclinical results are appealing, but the existence of a true, lethal phototherapeutic effect is still controversial. In this article, we have reviewed previous original works dealing with Cerenkov-induced PDT (CR-PDT). Moreover, we propose a simple analytical equation resolution to demonstrate that Cerenkov light can potentially generate a photo-therapeutic effect, although most of the Cerenkov photons are emitted in the UV-B and UV-C domains. We suggest that CR-PDT and direct UV-tissue interaction act synergistically to yield the therapeutic effect observed in the literature. Moreover, adding a nanoscintillator in the photosensitizer vicinity would increase the PDT efficacy, as it will convert Cerenkov UV photons to light absorbed by the photosensitizer. Full article
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