Image-guided activation of drugs with electromagnetic radiation (opens in new tab)

Image-guided pharmacotherapy, in which drug activity is strictly confined to disease areas revealed by medical imaging modalities, holds great promise for the development of personalized medicine. A key step in realizing this potential is the development of safe and precise methods for drug activation. Electromagnetic radiation, spanning the energy ranges from γ-rays to ultraviolet–visible and infrared light, has emerged as a method of choice for this purpose. Because many imaging modalities ...