Jean-Pierre Ballini

TL;DR: The meso-tetra(p-hydroxyphenyl)porphyrin (p-THPP) encapsulated in polymeric biodegradable poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) nanoparticles proved to enhance its photodynamic activity against mammary tumour cells when compared to free drug as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: The design and characterization of optical phantoms which have the same absorption and scattering characteristics as biological tissues in a broad spectral window (between 400 and 650 nm) are presented.

TL;DR: Fluorescence angiography and PDT after IV injection into the CAM showed strong similarities to results obtained in clinical tests of PDT in CNV associated with AMD, suggesting this model can provide valuable information about PDT mechanisms and can be used for drug-screening purposes in development of improved sensitizers for the PDT of CNV.

TL;DR: In this paper, an optical fiber-based spectrofluorometer for time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy of biol. tissue during clin. endoscopy is presented.

TL;DR: Results indicate that mTHPC plasma levels measured just before PDT can be used for PDT light dosimetry, and highly significant linear correlations were found between the relative mTH PC concentrations in the mucosae of these three organs.