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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Volkmar Weissig, Allston, MA (US);
Jeffrey Allen Hughes, Gainesville, FL (US);
Jurgen Lasch, Halle, DE;
Thomas Cardon Rowe, Gainesville, FL (US);
Assignee:
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4353201 ; 435 914 ; 435325 ; 435455 ; 514 44 ; 514642 ; 536 231 ;
Abstract
The subject invention finds utility in the area of gene therapy of diseases. More specifically, the invention concerns the making of a novel non-viral vector which can bind to desired DNA to form a combination useful to transfect diseased mitochondria of human or animal cells. The non-viral vector comprises a dequalinium salt subjected to standard liposome production procedures to obtain the vector named DQAsomes.