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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2010
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 ...
C12M 3/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 25/14 (2013.01); C12M 21/08 (2013.01);
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.