Patent ID: 8409263
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: A61F,A61K,A61N,B82Y

Abstract:
1. A method to controllably regulate plasma membrane polarization of a biological cell excitable by an electromagnetic energy source, the method comprising administering a plurality of biocompatible, tunable quantum dots to an individual having a degenerative disease, the quantum dots selected from the group consisting essentially of organic solar cell particles, inorganic solar cell particles, and a combination of organic and inorganic particles, to a patient at an intracellular location, intercellular location, or at both intracellular and intercellular locations to at least one excitable biological cell having a plasma membrane in an individual, and applying an energy source to the quantum dots under conditions sufficient for controllably activating the quantum dots using an electromagnetic energy source to activate the quantum dots with sufficient energy to controllably regulate plasma membrane polarization of the excitable biological cell, such that controllably regulating plasma membrane polarization of the biological cell at least ameliorates the degenerative disease, wherein the quantum dots are tunable to absorb light at a selected wavelength, or range of wavelengths, over the spectrum from visible to infrared.