Northern Light – LightOx shines once again at the Bionow awards
12 months on from winning startup of the year at the Bionow awards, LightOx’s Senior Scientist, David Chisholm, has been awarded Promising…
OVERVIEW
We are developing therapeutics to target the most common oral cancer using a simple local delivery system that combines both diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities.
This approach enables early identification of oral squamous cell carcinoma and instant treatment by inducing apoptosis (natural cell death) of the selected cells and tissues with minimal damage to healthy cells.
Our therapeutics are based on the development of their patented fluorescent imaging and probe technologies.
We are offering these probes for research imaging applications through Merck and for research use as therapeutics which enable cell imaging, detection, tracking and tagging of bioactive molecules, with these tags imaged using fluorescence and/or Raman spectroscopy.
The probes are drug-like molecules, smaller than other commercially available similar products, meaning they bypass many traditional problems associated with other fluorescent bioprobes. They pass freely into cells with minimal disruption of cell activity prior to light activation, fundamentally changing the way in which these such phototherapeutic compounds can be delivered to patients.
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Our new technologies fundamentally change the way in which light-based therapies are delivered to the patient.
A new class of patented small molecule, fluorescent, drug-like compounds which overcome the limitations of current light-based treatments.
PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY
Photodynamic Therapy is a treatment that uses special drugs, called photosensitising agents, along with light, to kill cancer cells.
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LIGHTOX
A Unique Range of Molecular Tools for use in Imaging, Therapeutics and Assay Development.
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