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US Patent Number
8362343
Publication Date
1-29-2013
Abstract
A method of uncoupling mitochondria in a subject including administering nanotubes to the subject in a therapeutically effective amount, wherein the nanotubes are self-rectifying is provided. A method of decreasing reactive oxygen species and decreasing detrimental loading of Ca2+ into mitochondria is provided, including administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of nanotubes into the subject. A method of reducing weight, treating cancer, reducing the effects of traumatic brain injury, or reducing the effects of ageing, in a subject including administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of nanotubes into the subject is also provided.
Assignees
University of Kentucky Research Foundation
Application Number
13/035,576
Filing Date
2011-02-25
Recommended Citation
Sullivan, Patrick G., "Nanotubes as Mitochondrial Uncouplers" (2013). Neuroscience Faculty Patents. 2.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/neurobio_patents/2
