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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Academia Sinica, Taipei, TW;
Inventors:
Olga K. Kosheleva, Taipei, TW;
Peter Lai, New Taipei, TW;
Nelson G. Chen, Knoxvile, TN (US);
Michael Hsiao, New Taipei, TW;
Chung-Hsuan Chen, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
Academia Sinica, Taipei, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 7/00 (2006.01); A61K 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 41/0033 (2013.01); A61N 7/00 (2013.01); Y10S 977/911 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods for killing cancer cells and treating cancer in a subject by exposing the cells to nanoparticles, and irradiating with a focused, low to medium power ultrasound. The nanoparticles can be gold, iron oxide, copper, silver, polystyrene, PEG, or liposome nanoparticles. The nanoparticles can have a cancer drug attached, such as an antibody-based cancer drug.