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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark P. Mattson, Bel Air, MD (US);
Robert C. Haddon, Riverside, CA (US);
Apparao M. Rao, Anderson, SC (US);
Assignee:
University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Lexington, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/00 ;
Abstract
A cell and substrate system and nerve regeneration implant are disclosed including a carbon nanotube and a neuron growing on the carbon nanotube. Both unfunctionalized carbon nanotubes and carbon nanotubes functionalized with a neuronal growth promoting agent may be utilized in the invention. A method is also disclosed for promoting neuronal growth.