Author(s):
Costa, Sofia Maria Soares ; Fangueiro, Raúl ; Ferreira, Diana P.
Date: 2024
Persistent ID: https://hdl.handle.net/1822/93344
Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
Project/scholarship:
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDB%2F00264%2F2020/PT;
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDP%2F00264%2F2020/PT;
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/POR_NORTE/SFRH%2FBD%2F147517%2F2019/PT;
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/CEEC IND 2017/CEECIND%2F02803%2F2017%2FCP1458%2FCT0003/PT;
Description
[Excerpt] Introduction Cancer still represents one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Hence, there is an urgent need to explore novel strategies to enhance cancer therapy efficiency and minimize the side effects, improving the patient’s life quality. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising minimally invasive and localized therapy involving the combined effect of photoactive molecules, called photosensitizers (PSs), light, and molecular oxygen, that will destroy the illuminated tissues by the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS).[...]
This work was funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the Operational Competitiveness Program and the National Foundation for Science and Technology of Portugal (FCT) under the projects UID/CTM/00264/2020 of Centre for Textile Science and Technology (2C2T) on its components Base (https://doi.org/10.54499/UIDB/00264/2020) and programmatic (https://doi.org/10.54499/UIDP/00264/2020). Sofia M. Costa is thankful to FCT PhD Scholarship (SFRH/BD/147517/2019). Diana P. Ferreira is thankful to CEECIND/02803/2017.
