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Tianhong Dai is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spans fields such as Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a notable focus on subfields including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Plant Science.

The scientist's research themes cover a range of topics related to photodynamic therapy, nanotechnology, and infection management. Key topics within their work include:

  • Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research
  • Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine
  • Ocular Infections and Treatments
  • Dental Research and COVID-19
  • Wound Healing and Treatments

Tianhong Dai has published extensively, with recent papers including:

  • The value of antimicrobial peptides in the age of resistance, 2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Antimicrobial blue light: A 'Magic Bullet' for the 21st century and beyond?, 2021, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
  • Light-based technologies for management of COVID-19 pandemic crisis, 2020, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology
  • Bacteria-specific phototoxic reactions triggered by blue light and phytochemical carvacrol, 2021, Science Translational Medicine
  • Can microorganisms develop resistance against light based anti-infective agents?, 2021, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

The venues where this scientist frequently publishes reflect their interdisciplinary approach, including:

  • Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
  • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology
  • Photochemistry and Photobiology
  • Antibiotics
  • Advanced Science

Collaboration appears to be an integral part of their work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Leon G. Leanse
  • Carolina dos Anjos
  • David C. Hooper
  • R. Rox Anderson
  • Sanjay Marasini

Best Publications

  • The Nuts and Bolts of Low-level Laser (Light) Therapy

    Hoon Chung;Tianhong Dai;Sulbha K. Sharma;Ying-Ying Huang;Ying-Ying Huang

  • The value of antimicrobial peptides in the age of resistance

    Maria Magana;Muthuirulan Pushpanathan;Ana L Santos;Leon Leanse

  • Chitosan preparations for wounds and burns: antimicrobial and wound-healing effects

    Tianhong Dai;Masamitsu Tanaka;Ying-Ying Huang;Michael R Hamblin

  • Photodynamic therapy for localized infections--state of the art.

    Tianhong Dai;Ying-Ying Huang;Ying-Ying Huang;Michael R. Hamblin;Michael R. Hamblin

  • Photodynamic therapy for infections: clinical applications.

    Gitika B. Kharkwal;Sulbha K. Sharma;Ying-Ying Huang;Ying-Ying Huang;Tianhong Dai

  • Blue light for infectious diseases: Propionibacterium acnes, Helicobacter pylori, and beyond?

    Tianhong Dai;Asheesh Gupta;Asheesh Gupta;Clinton K. Murray;Mark S. Vrahas

  • Concepts and principles of photodynamic therapy as an alternative antifungal discovery platform

    Tianhong Dai;Beth B. Fuchs;Jeffrey J. Coleman;Renato A. Prates

  • Ultraviolet C irradiation: an alternative antimicrobial approach to localized infections?

    Tianhong Dai;Mark S Vrahas;Clinton K Murray;Michael R Hamblin

  • Topical Antimicrobials for Burn Wound Infections

    Tianhong Dai;Ying-Ying Huang;Sulbha K. Sharma;Javad T. Hashmi

  • Antimicrobial blue light inactivation of pathogenic microbes: State of the art.

    Yucheng Wang;Ying Wang;Yuguang Wang;Clinton K. Murray

  • Light based anti-infectives: ultraviolet C irradiation, photodynamic therapy, blue light, and beyond.

    Rui Yin;Tianhong Dai;Pinar Avci;Pinar Avci;Ana Elisa Serafim Jorge;Ana Elisa Serafim Jorge

  • All You Need Is Light: Antimicrobial Photoinactivation as an Evolving and Emerging Discovery Strategy Against Infectious Disease

    Tyler G St Denis;Tianhong Dai;Leonid Izikson;Christos Astrakas

  • Photodynamic therapy for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in a mouse skin abrasion model.

    Tianhong Dai;George P. Tegos;Timur Zhiyentayev;Timur Zhiyentayev;Eleftherios Mylonakis

  • Blue Light Rescues Mice from Potentially Fatal Pseudomonas aeruginosa Burn Infection: Efficacy, Safety, and Mechanism of Action

    Tianhong Dai;Asheesh Gupta;Asheesh Gupta;Ying-Ying Huang;Ying-Ying Huang;Rui Yin;Rui Yin

  • Low-level laser therapy for zymosan-induced arthritis in rats: Importance of illumination time

    Ana P. Castano;Tianhong Dai;Ilya Yaroslavsky;Richard Cohen

  • Photodynamic inactivation of biofilm: taking a lightly colored approach to stubborn infection

    Wanessa C M A de Melo;Pinar Avci;Milene Nóbrega de Oliveira;Asheesh Gupta

  • Synergistic Combination of Chitosan Acetate with Nanoparticle Silver as a Topical Antimicrobial: Efficacy against Bacterial Burn Infections

    Liyi Huang;Tianhong Dai;Yi Xuan;Yi Xuan;George P. Tegos;George P. Tegos

  • Antimicrobial Photodynamic Inactivation and Photodynamic Therapy for Infections

    Liyi Huang;Tianhong Dai;Michael R. Hamblin;Michael R. Hamblin

  • Photodynamic Therapy for Acinetobacter baumannii Burn Infections in Mice

    Tianhong Dai;George P. Tegos;Zongshun Lu;Zongshun Lu;Liyi Huang;Liyi Huang

  • Animal models of external traumatic wound infections.

    Tianhong Dai;Gitika B. Kharkwal;Masamitsu Tanaka;Ying-Ying Huang

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael R. Hamblin
Michael R. Hamblin University of Johannesburg
George P. Tegos
George P. Tegos University of New Mexico
Clinton K. Murray
Clinton K. Murray San Antonio Military Medical Center
Bahman Anvari
Bahman Anvari University of California, Riverside
David C. Hooper
David C. Hooper Massachusetts General Hospital
Long Y. Chiang
Long Y. Chiang University of Massachusetts Lowell
Ji-Xin Cheng
Ji-Xin Cheng Boston University
Jeffrey A. Gelfand
Jeffrey A. Gelfand Harvard University
David W. Chang
David W. Chang University of Chicago
Hong Zhu
Hong Zhu Zhejiang University

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