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photosensitizer
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photosensitizer
Oncology A substance that sensitizes an organism, cell, or tissue to light; an agent used in photodynamic therapy which, when absorbed by CA cells and exposed to light, is activated, killing cancer cells. See Photodynamic therapy.


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Zheng, Experimental Study on the Optical Characterization of Photosensitizers for Photodynamic Therapy.
The drugs currently used in photodynamic therapy, called photosensitizers, produce a highly reactive form of oxygen when activated by light.
00 Hardcover TP910 In the opening chapter of this collection, two pharmacy professors from Charles University in Prague review the history of photodynamic therapy, its photophysical and photochemical principles, and the biological effects of the photosensitizers.
 
 
 
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