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- noun chemistry A
molecular oratomic species thatinitiates aphotochemical reaction
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The technique starts with a compound called a photosensitizer, a type of molecule that latches itself onto a tumor and when exposed to focused light excites oxygen, destroying the tumor cells.
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Photodynamic therapy, in which light activates a chemical known as a photosensitizer, triggering the ...
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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CEA-Leti today announced the launch of the TARGET-PDT project designed to increase the effectiveness of photodynamic therapy (PDT) for treating cancer cells with a combination of a photoactive drug known as a photosensitizer and a specific wavelength of light.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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CEA-Leti today announced the launch of the TARGET-PDT project designed to increase the effectiveness of photodynamic therapy (PDT) for treating cancer cells with a combination of a photoactive drug known as a photosensitizer and a specific wavelength of light.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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Amy Chyao, who took top honors at this year's Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, engaged President Obama in a discussion about her development of a photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy (PDT), an emerging cancer treatment that uses light energy to activate a drug that kills cancer cells.
Elizabeth Marincola: Young Scientists Inspire the President and the Nation Elizabeth Marincola 2010
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Amy, a sixteen-year-old high school junior from Richardson, Texas, has developed a photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy PDT, an emerging cancer treatment which uses light energy to activate a drug that kills cancer cells.
State of the Union: First lady Michelle Obama's guests Matt DeLong 2011
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Amy Chyao, 16, a high school junior from Richardson, Texas, cited for developing a photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy, a new kind of cancer treatment which uses light energy to activate a drug that kills cancer cells.
Guests in the first lady's box at the State of the Union address The Reliable Source 2011
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Amy Chyao, who took top honors at this year's Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, engaged President Obama in a discussion about her development of a photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy (PDT), an emerging cancer treatment that uses light energy to activate a drug that kills cancer cells.
Elizabeth Marincola: Young Scientists Inspire the President and the Nation Elizabeth Marincola 2010
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Amy Chyao, who took top honors at this year's Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, engaged President Obama in a discussion about her development of a photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy PDT, an emerging cancer treatment that uses light energy to activate a drug that kills cancer cells.
Elizabeth Marincola: Young Scientists Inspire the President and the Nation Elizabeth Marincola 2010
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Riboflavin acts as a photosensitizer, which causes the production of singlet oxygen from ultraviolet and visible light.
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