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photosensitize

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pho·to·sen·si·tize (ft-sns-tz)
v.
To make an organism, cell, or substance photosensitive.


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The effectiveness of a particular treatment may vary with person to person, and the intensity of the problem may require a custom schedule for the blue light treatment, with or without the use of photosensitizes, with varying intensities of the light and a period of treatment that may vary from one to six weeks.
We perform our methods by activating cell-selective photophoric labels, which photosensitize and chemically reduce a photosensitive metal compound to form metal grains, particles or crystals.
If a taxane or an Adriamycin (doxorubicin)-based drug is used, it photosensitizes the skin.
 
 
 
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