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Photomedicine

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This chapter discusses the various modalities of photomedicine, an interdisciplinary branch of medicine that involves the study and application of light with respect to health and disease. The following main concepts are covered: Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) for the treatment of cancer, PDT for bacterial infections, vascular PDT, photochemical internalisation, photochemical tissue bonding and the use of lasers in medicine.

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Acknowledgments

The current work of MKK in the areas of biological imaging and photomedicine is supported by the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) in the form of the Career Acceleration Fellowship (EP/E038980/1) and this support is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Chemistry Department, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2AZ, UK

    Marina K. Kuimova & David Phillips

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Correspondence to Marina K. Kuimova .

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  1. Trinity College, School of Chemistry, The University of Dublin, College Green, Dublin, Ireland

    Rachel C. Evans

  2. College of Engineering, Chemistry Group, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom

    Peter Douglas

  3. Fac. Ciencias e Tecnologia, Depto. Quimica, Universidade Coimbra, Coimbra, 3004-535, Portugal

    Hugh D. Burrow

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Kuimova, M.K., Phillips, D. (2013). Photomedicine. In: Evans, R., Douglas, P., Burrow, H. (eds) Applied Photochemistry. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3830-2_9

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