Mahmoud H. Abdel-Kader
Editor

2014

From Theory to Application

Light was used thousands of years ago by the Egyptians, Chinese, and Indians for the treatment of certain skin diseases; however, the actual birth of photodynamic therapy (PDT) was established roughly 100 years ago by the work of Scientists, namely Raab, von Tappeiner, and Finsen. Current interest in PDT only resurfaced in the early 1970s with the emergence of the water-soluble photosensitizer Hematoporphyrin Derivatives (HPD).