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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2015
The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX (US);
Haifa Shen, Houston, TX (US);
Mauro Ferrari, Houston, TX (US);
Jianliang Shen, Houston, TX (US);
Mingzhen Zhang, Houston, TX (US);
The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are methods and compositions containing functionalized nanoporous silicon particles, useful in a variety of diagnostic and/or therapeutic regimens for delivery of genetic constructs to one or more cells, tissues, and/or organs of interest. Also provided are methods for introducing into selected host cells one or more selected nucleic acid molecules. The present disclosure is also directed to a method of treating a tumor, comprising the step of administering to an individual one or more of the compositions and formulations thereof as described herein.