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Defying The Darkness: Countering Cancer With Light, Travis Hankins Apr 2021

Defying The Darkness: Countering Cancer With Light, Travis Hankins

Honors Theses

Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) accounts for upwards of 15% of reported breast cancer cases. This subtype of breast cancer poses a greater threat to those diagnosed as compared to other types of breast cancer due to the lack of treatment options available. Additionally, TNBC grows and spreads faster, tends to be more aggressive, and has a greater chance of recurrence than its counterparts. Altogether, TNBC cases generally have a worse prognosis over other types of breast cancer. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is currently being researched as a way to treat TNBC. Photodynamic therapy agents are light-activated materials used for localized disease …


Green Biosynthesis, Characterization, And Cytotoxic Effect Of Magnetic Iron Nanoparticles Using Brassica Oleracea Var Capitata Sub Var Rubra (Red Cabbage) Aqueous Peel Extract, Ömer Erdoğan, Sali̇h Paşa, Gülen Meli̇ke Demi̇rbolat, Özge Çevi̇k Jan 2021

Green Biosynthesis, Characterization, And Cytotoxic Effect Of Magnetic Iron Nanoparticles Using Brassica Oleracea Var Capitata Sub Var Rubra (Red Cabbage) Aqueous Peel Extract, Ömer Erdoğan, Sali̇h Paşa, Gülen Meli̇ke Demi̇rbolat, Özge Çevi̇k

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The green method of nanoparticle synthesis, which is an environment and living-friendly method, is an updated subject that has appeared as an alternative to conventional methods such as physical and chemical synthesis. In this presented study, the green synthesis of magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) from iron (III) chloride by using Brassica oleracea var. capitata sub.var. rubra aqueous peel extract has been reported. The prepared IONPs were characterized with fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV-VIS), zeta potential, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). The cytotoxic effects of IONPs on MCF-7 breast cancer cell line were studied …