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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2005
Applicants:
Meital Reches, RaAnana, IL;
Ehud Gazit, Ramat-HaSharon, IL;
Inventors:
Meital Reches, RaAnana, IL;
Ehud Gazit, Ramat-HaSharon, IL;
Assignee:
Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd., Tel-Aviv, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/00 (2006.01); A61K 38/04 (2006.01); A61K 38/06 (2006.01); C07K 2/00 (2006.01); C07K 4/00 (2006.01); C07K 5/00 (2006.01); C07K 7/00 (2006.01); C07K 14/00 (2006.01); C07K 16/00 (2006.01); C07K 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A nanostructure composed of a plurality of peptides, each peptide containing at least one aromatic amino acid, whereby one or more of these peptides is end-capping modified, is disclosed. The nanostructure can take a tubular, fibrillar, planar or spherical shape, and can encapsulate, entrap or be coated by other materials. Methods of preparing the nanostructure, and devices and methods utilizing same are also disclosed.