US Patent Issued to POSTECH RESEARCH AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION on Nov. 3 for "Development and application of polymer-coated gold nanoparticle-aptamer nanoconstruct having sensitivity to reactive oxygen species" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,230, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to POSTECH RESEARCH AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (Pohang-si, South Korea).

"Development and application of polymer-coated gold nanoparticle-aptamer nanoconstruct having sensitivity to reactive oxygen species" was invented by Won Jong Kim (Pohang-si, South Korea), Jin Seong Kim (Pohang-si, South Korea) and Hyeong Mok Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a polymer-coated gold nanoparticle-aptamer nanoconstruct having reactive oxygen species sensitivity and capable of treating inflammatory diseases through reactive oxygen species scaveng...