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An In Vitro Approach to Photodynamic Therapy
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Medicine
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An In Vitro Approach to Photodynamic Therapy

An In Vitro Approach to Photodynamic Therapy

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04:53 min

August 17, 2018

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04:53 min
August 17, 2018

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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a medical procedure that involves incubation of an exogenously applied photosensitizer (PS) followed by visible light photoactivation to induce apoptosis. We present an in vitro PDT protocol designed to simulate PDT that may be used to study differences in PS incubation and light treatment parameters.

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