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The Historical Development of Ideas on Applications of Photosensitized Reactions in the Health Sciences

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Primary Photo-Processes in Biology and Medicine

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Photomedicine, in its broadest sense, involves the use of “light” (visible and ultraviolet = UV electromagnetic radiation = non-ionizing) in medically related activities including the prevention of disease, the preparation of pharmaceuticals, the diagnosis and treatment of disease, and the elucidation of the etiology of disease1. Both the scope and the levels of activity in basic research on, and the clinical applications of, photomedicine have grown phenomenally during the past several years. This results in part from the stimulation provided by the successful application of a few types of photomedical approaches in clinical practice (in particular, PUVA therapy of psoriasis and photodynamic therapy of tumors, as will be discussed later). Certainly the closer cooperative interaction between basic photobiologists and clinicians that has developed recently in many institutions is also an important factor. Another reason may be the development of a widespread feeling in the world that the practice of science should be used more and more for the benefit of humanity, rather than just as an end in itself.

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Spikes, J.D. (1985). The Historical Development of Ideas on Applications of Photosensitized Reactions in the Health Sciences. In: Bensasson, R.V., Jori, G., Land, E.J., Truscott, T.G. (eds) Primary Photo-Processes in Biology and Medicine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1224-6_12

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