Ex vivo bone marrow purging using BPD-mediated photodynamic therapy

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) using the second generation photosensitiser benzoporphyrin derivative monoacid ring- A (BPD, Verteporfin®) offers an attractive alternative to purging of contaminating neoplastic cells during autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Enhancement of PDT cytoto...

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Main Author: Yip, Stephen
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/9665