For thousands of years, people have used light to treat skin diseases. Photodynamic therapy, also called PDT and phototherapy, uses medicine activated by light to treat cancer. It's already being ...

Major players in the photodynamic therapy market are Theralase Technologies Inc. , Biofrontera AG, Hologic Inc. , Bausch Health, Quest PharmaTech Inc. , LUMIBIRD ...

It’s considered a pain-free procedure. Blue light therapy becomes photodynamic therapy when it uses a combination of photosynthesizing (or light-sensitive) drugs and a high-intensity light ...

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a non-invasive treatment option that has shown promise in managing various retinal diseases, including bullous retinal detachment.

Riverside created "smart" bomb therapy which are light-sensitive chemicals called cyanine-carborane salts used in photodynamic therapy (PDT), a two-stage treatment that kills cancerous and ...

Wilmington, Delaware, United States, July 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global photodynamic therapy market stood at US$ 4.2 billion in 2021, and the global market is projected to reach US$ 15.5 ...

This Review by Moore and colleagues discusses the potential role for photodynamic therapy (PDT) in the treatment of organ-confined prostate cancer. The authors discuss the assessment of outcomes ...

This is the reason why lamps used in modern light therapy filter out UV light considerably and are thought to be safer. When photodynamic therapy is pursued, physical hazards such as non-ionizing ...

The IPA World Congress featured research on a number of areas that use light-activated photosensitizers, including photodynamic therapy (PDT), antimicrobial photodisinfection, photoimmunotherapy ...