Other Approaches

 

 

Optogenetics

 

 

 

Optogenetics makes use of genetic engineering, where naturally light-responsive rhodopsins are used to render non-light-responsive neurons photo-controllable.

 

Resource Homepage Deisseroth Lab

 

Nature Method of the Year 2010

 

- Annu. Rev. Neurosci. 2011, 34, 389–412

- Nat. Rev. Neurosci. 2007, 8, 577–581

- Nat. Methods 2011, 8, 26–29

- Nat. Neurosci. 2015, 18, 1213–1225

 

 

 

 

Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)

 

 

The so-called photodynamic therapy makes use of photosensitizers that convert 3O2 to 1O2 that damages local tissue.

 

NIH - Photodynamic Therapy for Cancer

 

- JNCI J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 1998, 90, 889–905

- Technol. Cancer Res. Treat. 2005, 4, 283–293

- CA: Cancer J. Clin. 2011, 61, 250–281

- Clin. Endosc. 2013, 46, 7–23