Bird Feather and Fish Scale Mixture for Selective Cancer Cell Inhibition

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current anticancer agents lack selectivity for cancer cells, causing toxicity to normal cells and resistance issues, necessitating the development of new agents with superior selectivity and reduced toxicity.

Innovation Solution

A pharmaceutical composition comprising 70-85% feather of birds and 15-30% scale of fish, or its derivatives, processed into a powder form, which is administered orally to inhibit cancer cell growth.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional chemical anticancer agents are used to control cell growth, then cancer cells can be inhibited, but normal cells suffer toxicity and resistance develops

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveanticancer effectVSAvoidtoxicity to normal cells
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the fundamental parameter of anticancer agents from synthetic chemical compounds to natural biological materials (feather and fish scale). This parameter change enables the development of agents with superior selectivity for cancer cells while reducing toxicity to normal cells, as the natural materials interact differently with cancer cell pathways compared to conventional chemicals

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a composite material system combining feather (rich in keratin and calcium) with fish scale (rich in collagen and calcium phosphate). This composite structure provides synergistic effects that enhance anticancer activity while maintaining safety, as the combination of different biological materials offers diverse mechanisms of action that complement each other

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Reliability

If conventional anticancer agents are used to inhibit cancer cell proliferation, then tumor growth is controlled, but the agents lack selectivity and show broad toxicity

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecell growth controlVSAvoidselectivity for cancer cells
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by utilizing the specific biological properties of feather and fish scale materials that are naturally selective in their interaction with cancer cells. The feather component (with its keratin and calcium structure) and fish scale component (with collagen and calcium phosphate) provide localized biological activities that target cancer cell pathways specifically, rather than acting broadly on all cells

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS11684639B2Pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating cell proliferative disease comprising mixture of feather of birds and scale of fish as an active ingredient
Publication Date: 2023.06.27 LEE SANG MOON
  • US11684639B2 patent drawing

AI summary

The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating cell proliferative diseases comprising a feather of birds and a scale of fish, a scale transformed from the dermis, a degenerated or cornified variant of a scale, or a scale or horny scale of reptiles as an active ingredient. More particularly, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating cell proliferative diseases comprising a mixture of 70˜85 weight % of a feather of birds and 15˜30 weight % of a scale of fish, a scale transformed from the dermis, a degenerated or cornified variant of a scale, or a scale or horny scale of reptiles as an active ingredient. The inventive composition has the effect of inhibiting and preventing growth of cancer cells. Accordingly, the inventive composition may be used for anticancer purposes to prevent, ameliorate or treat cancer.