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US 2024/0165235 A1Published application
Ultrasmall gadolinium-intercalated carbon dots as a radiosensitizing agent for cancer
AssigneeUniversity of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
InventorJin XIE
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Abstract
Gd-encapsulated carbonaceous dots (Gd@C-dots) hold great potential in clinical translation as T1 contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging. Disclosed are methods of using said particles as radiosensitizing agents.
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A method of making a subject with a cancer more susceptible to radiotherapy or increasing the efficacy of radiation treatment of a cancer in a subject or treating a subject with a cancer or increasing hydroxyl radical production in a tumor in subject undergoing x-ray irradiation, the method comprising administering to the subject gadolinium-intercalated carbon dots.
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