Fluorinated charge-reversible phthalocyanine nanoemulsions for glioma-targeted dual-modal imaging and self-oxygenated phototherapy
Tingjuan Wu, Qiao Yu, Jing Zhang, Lijun Zhu, Chaohui Ye, Xin Zhou, Yu Li, Zhong-Xing Jiang · 2026
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Eight researchers in China built a nano-scale droplet treatment that both images and attacks brain tumors, in work published in 2026. Gliomas are fierce brain cancers shielded by the blood-brain barrier and starved of oxygen, which blunts light-based therapy. The team's droplets carry a light-sensitive dye joined to manganese and wrapped in a smart coating. The coating flips its charge to help the droplets settle on tumors.
The dye lights up under near-infrared light and also shows on a special form of magnetic scanning. The droplets carry their own oxygen, feeding the light therapy they enable. In dishes and in mice with brain tumors, the droplets crossed the barrier, piled into tumors, and slowed growth while extending survival. No clear harm to the rest of the body appeared. The authors see a template for image-guided brain tumor care.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Tingjuan Wu, Qiao Yu, Jing Zhang, Lijun Zhu, Chaohui Ye, Xin Zhou, Yu Li, Zhong-Xing Jiang |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 47 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |