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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 1991
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1989
Martin C Woodle, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Francis J Martin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Annie Yau-Young, Los Altos, CA (US);
Carl T Redemann, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Liposome Technology, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A liposome composition which contains between 1-20 mole percent of an amphipathic lipid derivatized with a polyalkylether, as exemplified by phosphatidylethanolamine derivatized with polyethyleneglycol. The derivatized lipid enchances the circulation time of the liposomes severalfold, and this enhancement is achieved with either fluid or membrane-rigidifying liposome components. Also disclosed are methods for delivering a drug for slow release from the bloodstream, and for targeting a selected tissue or cells with liposomes, via the bloodstream.