Author:Maduray, K; Karsten, A; Odhav, B; Nyokong, TDate:Jun 2010Aluminium and zinc tetrasulfophthalocyanines were activated with a 672nm wavelength laser to investigate the photodynamic effects on melanoma cancer, dermal fibroblast and epidermal keratinocyte cells. Aluminium tetrasulfophthalocyanine was ...Read more
Author:Maduray, K; Karsten, A; Odhav, B; Nyokong, TDate:Jun 2010Photodynamic therapy (PDT) represents a novel treatment that uses a photosensitizer (PS), light source (laser) of an appropriate wavelength and oxygen to induce cell death in cancer cells. The aim of this study was to investigate the photodynamic ...Read more
Author:Wright, CYDate:Sep 2010The detrimental effects of excess personal solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure include wrinkles, immunosuppression and skin cancer. Approximately 1 000 South Africans die each year from melanoma skin cancer and 30% of all histologica ...Read more