Tag: cancer

Modulight Spotlights: LASER-SHARP RESEARCH – January 2026

Laser-sharp Research / apoptosis, BPD, cancer, ferroptosis, in vitro, in vivo, laser-sharp research, light activation, ML6600, ovarian cancer, Photoimmunotherapy, photosensitizer / January 28, 2026

Modulight Spotlights: LASER-SHARP RESEARCH – January 2026 The highlight of the month goes to teams of researchers led by Prof. Imran Rizvi at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Their latest publication shows that certain light-activated therapy with BPD photosensitizer and ML6600 laser can induce ferroptosis-like cell death, including formation of lipid peroxides, in [...]

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Modulight Spotlights: LASER-SHARP RESEARCH – November 2025

Laser-sharp Research / cancer, chemotherapy, drug delivery, glioblastoma, in vitro, laser-sharp research, ML8500, multidrug resistance, photoactivated chemotherapy, Photoimmunotherapy, preclinical, therapy resistance, tumor, University of Maryland, verteporfin / November 19, 2025

Modulight Spotlights: LASER-SHARP RESEARCH – November 2025 We are delighted to highlight new exciting study by Rahman et al. from Dr. Huang-Chiao Huang’s lab at University of Maryland. Multidrug resistance remains a significant barrier to successful chemotherapy outcomes for cancer patients, often caused by active pumping of chemotherapeutics outside of cancer cells. Hence, the team

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Modulight Spotlights: LASER-SHARP RESEARCH – September 2025

Laser-sharp Research / cancer, immunotherapy, in vitro, in vivo, laser-sharp research, ML7710, noveltherapies, Photoimmunotherapy, targeted therapy / September 2, 2025

Published in journal Cancer Medicine, the study shows that the therapeutic effect of photoimmunotherapy is highly dependent on the used light irradiation conditions. Application of the ML7710 medical laser at different durations and powers resulted in highest anti-tumor effect with increased light dose but lowering fluence rate below what is currently used in clinic.

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Modulight Spotlights: LASER-SHARP RESEARCH – August 2025

Laser-sharp Research / breast cancer, cancer, immunotherapy, in vitro, in vivo, laser-sharp research, ML7710, NIH, Photoimmunotherapy, targeted therapy / August 18, 2025

Laser-sharp research of the month is by Furusawa et al. at Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, USA. The discovery, published in Annals of Medicine, showed the potential of photoimmunotherapy for treating breast cancer. To expand the usefulness of photoimmunotherapy outside the clinically approved head & neck indication, the new therapy targeted epithelial cell adhesion molecule in breast cancer.

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Modulight Spotlights: LASER-SHARP RESEARCH – March 2025

Laser-sharp Research / bladder cancer, cancer, Cancer therapy, immune activation, immune response, immunotherapy, laser-sharp research, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, ML7710, padeliporfin / March 19, 2025

Coleman et al. / MSKCC developed a vascular-targeted therapy for bladder cancer. Padeliporfin is illuminated with the Modulight’s ML7710 laser, resulting in selective ablation of bladder tumors, without harming the healthy bladder tissue.

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Modulight Spotlights: LASER-SHARP RESEARCH – February 2025

Laser-sharp Research / breast cancer, cancer, Cancer therapy, cancer treatment, immunology, immunotherapy, in vitro, in vivo, laser-sharp research, ML6600, photosensitizer, research, tumor, verteporfin / February 17, 2025

A. Lepland and the teams at University of Tartu, Estonia and Veneto Institute of Oncology, Italy, developed a new immunotherapy for triple negative breast cancer, using Modulight ML6000-series laser. Tumor growth slowed down and the cancer’s spreading to the lungs was suppressed.

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Modulight Spotlights: LASER-SHARP RESEARCH – January 2025

Laser-sharp Research / cancer, immunology, immunotherapy, in vitro, in vivo, laser-sharp research, LaserSharpResearch, light activation, ML7710, research, targeted therapies / January 22, 2025

Kobayashi et al. at NIH developed a therapy which results in tumor cell membrane destruction and immunogenic cell death. When activated with the ML7710 laser, there was proven efficacy against various cancer cell types including pancreatic, oral, breast, and ovarian cancer.

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Modulight Spotlights: LASER-SHARP RESEARCH – September 2024

Laser-sharp Research / cancer, cancer treatment, drug resistance, in vitro, laser-sharp research, ML8500, photosensitizer, pumps, therapy resistance / September 23, 2024

University of Maryland and Modulight have published together a new research study about the mechanisms of cancer drug resistance. Drug resistance is a leading cause of treatment failure and often has dramatic consequences for survival of cancer patients.

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Screening of photosensitizers-ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporter interactions in vitro

Scientific papers / cancer, cancer treatment, drug resistance, in vitro, Modulight in science, pumps, therapy resistance, University of Maryland / September 20, 2024

Published in: Cancer Drug Resistance Authors: Shruti Vig1, Payal Srivastava1,#, Idrisa Rahman1,2,#, Renee Jaranson1, Anika Dasgupta1, Robert Perttilä3, Petteri Uusimaa3, Huang-Chiao Huang1

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