MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541133021 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana, on Dec. 29, 2025, for 'a radiation-responsive ruthenium (iii)-based coordination complex and a method of preparation thereof.'

Inventor(s) include Prabusankar Ganesan; Aravind Kumar Rengan; Usha Gavel; Nitisha Beniwal; and Tanvi Sonpipare.

The application for the patent was published on Jan. 9, under issue no. 02/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention discloses a radiation-responsive ruthenium (III)-based coordination complex and a method of preparation thereof. The pyrene-terpyridine-polyethylene glycol-functionalized ruthenium(III) trichloride complex, exhibits enhanced cytotoxicity toward cancer cells upon exposure to ionizing radiation, while maintains comparatively lower toxicity toward normal cells and demonstrates effective radiation-enhanced biological damage in radioresistant model systems."

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