Cancer Bioimaging using BODIPY dyes
Aldiyar Shakenov
Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Technology, Nazarbayev University,
Astana, Kazakhstan
Email: [email protected]
Abstract
Tissue imagining is the novel area of medicine. It can be utilized in various ways, however,
nowadays it is used for imagining of cancer tissues in vivo. The main advantage of this
technique is the ability of seeing through the tissue without surgery. The fluorescent dyes which
absorb the Near-Infrared light is the potential tool for such a procedure. 4,4-difluoro-4-bora-
3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene (BODIPY) derivatives are promising molecular complexes which
could be used in this field because they have high quantum yields and neutrality towards inner
environment of the organism. This talk will discuss the benefits and the drawbacks of using the
dye in cancer imaging.