TY - CHAP AU - Newton Soares da Silva AU - Aline Margraf Ferreira AU - Carolina Weigert Galvão AU - Rafael Mazer Etto AU - Cristina Pacheco Soares ED - Natalia Mayumi Inada ED - Hilde Harb Buzzá ED - Kate Cristina Blanco ED - Lucas Danilo Dias Y1 - 2020-10-22 PY - 2020 T1 - Cell Death after Photodynamic Therapy Treatment in Unicellular Protozoan Parasite Tritrichomonas foetus N2 - Today, in the face of resistant microorganisms, aggressive cancers unresponsive to conventional treatments, and the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for advanced and innovative protocols for combating and treating disease is paramount. This book presents basic concepts of photodynamic therapy along with data from clinical research on its use in treating oncologic and other diseases. It also presents innovative strategies in photodynamic therapy, including information on polymer nanoparticles. This book was prepared with great care and by many valuable hands so that we can expand the dissemination of Photodynamic Therapy, as well as motivate for new research. BT - Photodynamic Therapy SP - Ch. 9 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.94140 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.94140 SN - 978-1-83968-061-8 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-26 ER -