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Modulight Spotlights: LASER-SHARP RESEARCH – November 2024

 Modulight Spotlights: LASER-SHARP RESEARCH – November 2024 The lungs are common site of cancer metastasis, with isolated pulmonary metastases most often affecting patients with colorectal cancer and sarcomas. Surgical metastasectomy is the standard treatment, however, only 1 in 10 patients qualify for surgical resection thus the management remains a significant clinical challenge. To tackle this challenge, K. Ramadan et al. studied photodynamic therapy in an isolated lung perfusion model where the blood is replaced with acellular perfusate, allowing greater light penetration. The feasibility and safety Continue reading →

Modulight Spotlights: LASER-SHARP RESEARCH – October 2022

   Modulight Spotlights: LASER-SHARP RESEARCH – October 2022 This month’s laser sharp nomination goes to Takuya Osada‘s team at Duke University Medical Center. Their impressive results on novel immunotherapy combination strategy for breast cancer was published in the Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. The team combined immune checkpoint blockage with HSP90-targeted light therapy using ML7710 medical laser. This combination resulted in strong activation of antitumor immunity and prolonged survival in syngeneic breast cancer models. Impressively, adding immune checkpoint blockers even resulted in an increased antitumor activity elsewhere, outside the local light-treated area, showing potential Continue reading →