Selective photonic disinfection : a ray of hope in the war against pathogens

• Tác giả: Kong Thon Tsen, Shaw-Wei D Tsen
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-1681743523
• ISBN-13: 978-1681743530
• ISBN-13: 978-1681743554
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 616.014 Medical bacteriology
• Thông tin xuất bản: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, 2016
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 online resource (various pagings) : , illustrations (some color).
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 161230
• Chủ đề: 1. Pathogenic microorganisms; 2. Photochemotherapy; 3. Applied Optics; 4. Biomedical engineering; 5. Medical physics; 6. SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biophysics; 7. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Nanotechnology & MEMS; 8. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Optics; 9. Microbiological Phenomena

Includes bibliographical references.

Tóm tắt

Pathogens such as viruses and bacteria are among the greatest threats to human health worldwide. In today's era of population growth and international travel, new technologies are desperately needed to combat the spread of known and emerging pathogens. This book presents a new concept for pathogen inactivation called selective photonic disinfection (SEPHODIS). The SEPHODIS technology inactivates pathogens by mechanical means, a total paradigm shift from traditional chemical and physical methods. The unique strength of SEPHODIS resides in its capability to inactivate pathogens while preserving desirable materials such as human cells and proteins. The technology also avoids the need to use chemicals, drastically reducing the risk of side effects. These properties make SEPHODIS ideal for important biomedical applications such as safeguarding blood products and therapeutics against pathogens, as well as producing effective and safe vaccines to combat infectious disease. Written in a style that is both technically informative and easy to comprehend for the layman reader, this book illustrates the story of SEPHODIS from its initial discovery and bench studies to its real-world applications.