US Patent Issued to University-Industry Cooperation Group of Kyung Hee University on April 21 for "Porous silicon nanoparticle-based drug delivery system inducing reactive oxygen species and self-activation thereof, and method for preparing same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,462, issued on April 21, was assigned to University-Industry Cooperation Group of Kyung Hee University (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Porous silicon nanoparticle-based drug delivery system inducing reactive oxygen species and self-activation thereof, and method for preparing same" was invented by Do Kyoung Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Rae Hyung Kang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Proposed is a porous silicon nanoparticle with isothiocyanate moiety conjugated to the surface. The porous silicon nanoparticle with isothiocyanate moiety conjugated to the surface has low side effects due to high biocompatibility, and can g...