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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2020
Applicant:
Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
David Medina Cruz, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Ada Vernet Crua, Brighton, MA (US);
Thomas J. Webster, Barrington, RI (US);
Assignee:
Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/51 (2006.01); A61K 33/04 (2006.01); A61K 36/886 (2006.01); B82Y 5/00 (2011.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/5192 (2013.01); A61K 9/5176 (2013.01); A61K 33/04 (2013.01); A61K 36/886 (2013.01); B82Y 5/00 (2013.01); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Tellurium (Te) nanostructures are synthesized using green aloe vera chemistry methods, and the synthesized Te nanostructures provide methods of inhibiting bacterial cells and cancer cells without cytotoxicity towards normal cells. The aloe vera chemistry methods for synthesizing Te nanostructures do not produce toxic byproducts and do not require toxic reagents in comparison to traditional chemical synthetic methods for making Te nanostructures.