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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
M. Frederick Hawthorne, Encino, CA (US);
Debra Arlene Feaks, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Kenneth John Shelly, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
Reagents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 5/100 ; A61K 9/127 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 5/100 ; A61K 9/127 ;
Abstract
Boron neutron capture therapy can utilize X,B,H,L where X is an alkali metal, y is 1 to 4, and L is a two electron donor such as NH,, and Na,B,H,NCO, among others. These borane salts may be used free or encapsulated in liposomes. Liposomes may also have embedded within their bilayers carboranes to increase the amount of delivered,B and/or to increase the tumor specificity of the liposome.