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Patent No.:

US 9107895 B1

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Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 26, 2010

Methods and compositions for imaging cancer cells

Applicants:

Bulent Aydogan, Orland Park, IL (US);

Tijana Rajh, Argonne, IL (US);

Inventors:

Bulent Aydogan, Orland Park, IL (US);

Tijana Rajh, Argonne, IL (US);

Assignees:

The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (US);

UChicago Argonne, LLC, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

Primary Examiner:

Peter J Reddig

Assistant Examiner:

Sarah Chickos

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 23/00 (2006.01); A61K 33/24 (2006.01); A61K 31/7135 (2006.01); A61K 49/00 (2006.01); A61K 9/14 (2006.01); A61K 49/04 (2006.01); A61P 43/00 (2006.01); A61K 31/7004 (2006.01); B82Y 5/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 33/24 (2013.01); A61K 31/7004 (2013.01); A61K 49/0485 (2013.01); B82Y 5/00 (2013.01); C07H 23/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed are compositions comprising nanoparticles and uses thereof. Such nanoparticles include gold nanoparticles conjugated to glucose or a glucose derivative, which are useful as contrast agents in imaging methods such as computed tomography (CT). Nanoparticles disclosed herein are useful in imaging various cells, tissues, and organs, and are particularly useful in imaging tumors and tumor cells in vitro and in vivo.

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Aydogan, Bulent. (2015). Methods and compositions for imaging cancer cells (U.S. Patent No. 9107895). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9107895

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