Synthesis and cellular uptake of porphyrin decorated iron oxide nanoparticles - a potential candidate for bimodal anticancer therapy

This paper reports the synthesis, characterization, and cellular uptake of the conjugate of porphyrin and iron oxide nanoparticles, which may lead to a bimodal anticancer agent that can be used in the combinational treatment of photodynamic therapy (PDT) and hyperthermia therapy (HT).